The Chakaria Sundarbans has been subjected to severe biotic interferences in the recent decades. A study was carried out to assess the present status, past condition, process of destruction and also to examine the feasibility of reforestation in this [...]

Minjiri (Cassia siamea Lam.) is a promising fast growing tree species indigenous to Bangladesh and is included in the plantation programme. An attempt has been made to prepare the biomass tables for the species. The biomass equations were selected [...]

In Bangladesh invasion of ipil-ipil psyllid Heteropsylla cubana Crawford (Psyllidae : Homoptera) was first detected at Bagachattar near Chittagong in 1989. Later a survey on the pest showed that besides other parts of Chittagong it had spread to some [...]

The nature and status of the non-wood forest products (NWFP) of Bangladesh have been discussed. The present institutional arrangements for collection and processing of NWFP have been analysed and major problems identified. Some policy and functional/managerial suggestions have been [...]

The soil moisture stress significantly affected the growth of the four selected eucalypt species. In case of Eucalyptus citriodora the growth improved as the soil moisture content increased up to 53% of field capacity. In case of other species [...]

Seed germination of golla-bet (Daemonorops jenkensiana) after pre-sowing treatment was studied. The seeds treated with HCL and H2SO4 separately showed 64-68% and 50-68% germination respectively irrespective of different concentration of acid. On removing only scally epicarp, germination of golla-bet [...]

The physical and mechanical properties of Bambusa arundinacea, B. longispiculata, B. vulgaris and Dendrocalamus giganteus have been studied at three height levels. The moisture content and shrinkage decrease, whereas specific gravity increases as the height of the culm increases. [...]

Sissoo (Dalbergia sissoo Roxb.) is a large deciduous tree which is planted throughout Bangladesh for its valuable timber. It grows well on alluvial soil, but it does not grow healthy in the soils of heavy texture (Bakshi 1976). The [...]

In recent decades, the Chakaria Sundarbans located in Cox’s Bazar district has been subjected to a tremendous human interference. It was once covered with moderately dense mangroves. It is now a denuded area. A major proportion of the forest [...]

The forest soils of Bangladesh have been discussed under the four generalized dendro- ecological regions e. g. (i) Floodplain region, (ii) Plio-Pleistocene Terrace region, (iii) Mio-Pliocene Hill region and (iv) Anthropogenetic landtypes region. The dominant soil forming factors and [...]