biodiversity-protection

Chattogram and the hills of the Chittagong Hill Tracts are not merely geographical territories. They are an integral part of the lifeblood of our national life. This region is home to important water sources, an abundant reservoir of biodiversity, a natural shield against climate vulnerability and a key source of livelihood for many people. Yet for several decades, we have treated the hills not as a gift of nature but merely as an area for resource extraction. The inevitable consequences are now...

For nearly half a century, a small, sharp toothed predator ruled the forests of a subtropical Japanese island where it never belonged. On September 3, 2024, that reign officially ended. Japan’s Ministry of the Environment declared that the small Indian mongoose had been completely eradicated from Amami Oshima, a UNESCO World Heritage Island in Kagoshima Prefecture. Officials called it a miracle. Scientists called it a world first. And for the island’s endangered rabbits, it meant survival....