A recent report of the Forest Department has revealed that the influx of the displaced Rohingyas have been causing extensive damage to forest resources of the Cox’s Bazar region of Bangladesh. 
The Forest Department’s Cox's Bazar (South) Division has prepared a report to assess the damages. The report revealed that Rohingyas have encroached on a total of 5,013 acres of forestland in the Cox’s Bazar region while the forest land-grabbing spree is increasing every day.
Before the crackdown of the Myanmar army which began on August 25th of 2017, the Rohingyas had taken over 695 acres of forestland around Cox’s Bazar, belonging to the Forest Department. After the crackdown,  a huge influx of Rohingyas started to trespass the border and 4,318 acres of forestland have been used for constructing makeshift settlements for the Rohingyas. As per the report, different types of relief materials are being distributed among the displaced Rohingyas but they are not provided with firewood for cooking purposes.
As a result, the refugees are cutting trees indiscriminately from nearby government forests and even uprooting the roots in their desperate search for firewood.
The report projected that the forestlands of Teknaf and Ukhiya will no longer exist if the depletion of forest resources continues unabated. As much as 3,517 acres of forestland in total have been destroyed including 1,199 acres of man-made forests (chiefly social forestry) and 2,318 acres of natural forests. The report estimated a total of Tk4,112,862,671 worth of damage including Tk2,138,853,414 and Tk 1,974,009,257 to the man-made and natural forests, respectively. (Info Credit : The Daily Star)  

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