Tree logging in Bangladesh has fallen in last two years: Study

The report of a study on logging of trees in Bangladesh was published in Dhaka on Thursday 4 June 2026.

GreenWatch Desk

A recent study shows that logging of trees in Bangladesh fell 71.2 percent  in 2025-26 compared to the year 2024-2025.

The decline in tree logging was 84.1 percent from 2023-24 to 2024-2025, the study report says. 

In absolute numbers, compared 11.46 lakh trees logged in 2023-24, about 1.82 lakh trees were logged in the following year. The number of trees logged in 2025-26 totalled 52,375.

The study, based on newspaper reports was conducted by River and Delta Research Centre. 

The findings of the study were released at a programme held at the conference room of the Department of Environment (DoE) on Thursday.

Critics said, the study findings based on  newspaper reports might not be accurate as its report shows no logging in as many as 30 out of 64 districts. 

Again newspapers do not report the felling of trees on private lands, they said. 

Md. Ziaul Huq, Additional DG, DoE, said that decline in tree logging was possible in 2025-26 because big development projects were not implemented during the year. 

Aminur Rashid Rasul, treasurer, RDRC who made the presentation of the study noted that the felling of as many was 3,000 trees in the Cox's Bazar Marine Drive was averted at the intervention of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman.

Dr. Md. Lutfur Rahman who was the chief guest at the programme said we have to save trees to achieve 25 pc cover, use the same as as sink and move ahead for carbon trade in the future.

Other speakers lauded the start of a process to monitor tree plantation and logging in the country to ascertain the correct position.

They underscored theneed for utilizing services of youths and their organisations for the purpose.

The programme, moderated by Nikhil Chandra Bhadra, coordinator of Sundarban and Upokul Rakkha Andolan, was also addressed by Mostafa Kamal Majumder, Editor, GreenWatch, Mihir Biswas, Joint Secretary of BAPA, Ehsan Roni, founder, Green Savers, Rafiqul Islam Azad, Executive Editor of GreenWatch, Rebeka Sania and Fahmida Nazneen among others.