Forests – Earth’s Lungs – and Deforestation in Bangladesh

“A nation that destroys its soil destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt, US President, 1933 - 1945 Forest: anywhere that has a high concentration of trees, any kind of tree. Of course, ‘high concentration’ is a loose term and there is no fixed standard. A wood is usually thought of as smaller than a forest but it all depends where you are. Some areas in Russia, called ‘woods’, would be vast forests in Europe. Then there is rain forest and jungle – both tropical – but the word ‘forest’ includes them all.