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Deforestation threatens Bangladesh Food Security

Deforestation threatens Bangladesh Food Security

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Dec 20, 2012
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Activists are warning that food insecurity in southeastern Bangladesh may worsen over the next decade as a result of unfettered deforestation.

Abdul Mannan of the local NGO, Society for Health Extension & Development, works with communities in Cox's Bazar District where, by the group's estimate, some 400,000 depend on the forest to survive.

"The southeast…

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