Bangladesh is preparing for one of its most ambitious green initiatives yet: a nationwide plan to plant 250 million trees over the next five years. The program is designed to increase the country’s green cover, deliver on a key election promise, and support long-term climate and biodiversity goals. But as conservationists point out, planting such a vast number of trees is not just about quantity. If the wrong species are chosen or planted in the wrong places, the effort could quietly damage entire ecosystems instead of healing them.
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