Govt extends ban on logging in forests to 2022

The government has extended to 2022 the deadline for a ban on cutting down trees at the country’s preserved and natural forests, a measure aimed at protecting biodiversity.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 22 August 2016, 10:25 AM
Updated : 22 August 2016, 10:25 AM

A regular Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, on Monday approved the proposal submitted by the Ministry of Environment and Forests.

Cabinet Secretary Md Shafiul Alam later told reporters that the ministry had proposed extending the ban until 2025. “But the meeting decided to extend it until 2022.”

The deadline on the ban earlier ended on Dec 31 last year.

Alam said the new extended deadline would be considered to have been in effect from Jan 1 this year.