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Madhupur (Tangail)

Local Gov

The heart of the Madhupur sal-forest tract, a red-soil upland upazila where the district's documented forest loss is concentrated.

Wealth rank 114/452 (1 = poorest upazila)

Indicators: Meta RWI (HDX); ERA5-Land; MODIS; Sentinel-5P; VIIRS night-lights; GHSL; Hansen v1.11; CHIRPS v2.0. Exposure: GloFAS v2.1, FABDEM, MODIS LST, ACAG PM2.5, WorldPop 2020.

Problems and issues

  1. environment Madhupur is the core of the sal-forest tract where the district's forest loss is concentrated, driven by conversion to plantation, pineapple and banana cultivation, and settlement. So what: Continued conversion is steadily dismantling one of central Bangladesh's last sal forests. Source: Bangladesh Forest Department
  2. urbanization Built-up surface and farm expansion press directly onto the Madhupur tract here, fragmenting remaining tree cover. So what: Encroachment narrows the forest and intensifies land conflicts with forest-dependent communities. Source: Local Government Engineering Department (LGED)
  3. poverty Madhupur's RWI mean of -0.181 places it in a lower wealth decile among upazilas, the poorest in Tangail district, partly reflecting forest-edge and indigenous Garo livelihoods. So what: Lower wealth limits the means for households to shift away from forest-clearing livelihoods. Source: Meta Data for Good Relative Wealth Index (HDX)

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