Jum cultivation in Bagaihat Reserve Forest defying law
Burning up trees for jum cultivation threatens environment and ecology in Bagaihat Reserve Forest. The photo was taken from Machalong. At lest 20,000 acres of Bagaihat Reserve Forest in Bagaichhari upazila in Rangamati have been brought under jum cultivating in the current season by ethnic farmers, defying forest laws. The government is loosing a huge amount of revenue and at least 120 types of wildlife including birds have lost their habitats, environmentalists and locals said.