The most recent Sal forest restoration drive by the government was ceremonially launched on October 18 last year. Acacia saplings were felled at the social forestry plot of Md Aminul in the Dhorung Par Tilertal area of the Dokhla Range.

Though eucalyptus was eradicated from the public forest land, social forestry continues at a very high cost to natural ecosystems.

The forest department has reforested a total of 400 acres of protected forestland -- which was grabbed by locals in Kodolpur area of Chattogram’s Raozan upazila -- bringing a positive change for the region’s biodiversity.