Dhaka (AFP) July 11, 2024

Bangladeshi police have charged 26 people for destroying a swath of mangrove forest that protects the low-lying nation from storm surge waters exacerbated by climate change, environmental officers said Thursday.

“They have destroyed parts of a unique ecosystem, which has been declared as an ECA (Ecologically Critical Area),” Jamir Uddin, a deputy director of the environment department, told
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