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Bangladesh is situated in the southern part of Asia and lies between 20˚34′ and 26˚38′ North longitudes and 88˚01′ and 92˚41′ East latitudes. The country has an area of 147,570 km2 and extends 820 km north to south and 600 km east to west.

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  1. Wildlife Ecology Laboratory, Institute of Mountain Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Ina, Nagano, Japan

    Mohammad Shaheed Hossain Chowdhury & Shigeyuki Izumiyama

  2. Forest Policy Laboratory, Department of Forest Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University, Ina, Nagano, Japan

    Masao Koike

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Chowdhury, M.S.H., Koike, M., Izumiyama, S. (2014). Introduction. In: Chowdhury, M. (eds) Forest conservation in protected areas of Bangladesh. World Forests, vol 20. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08147-2_1

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