Description : The lone burnt out stump bears witness to the recent atrocities. Trees and natural vegetation on the hills are being burned randomly to extend cultivation as issues about the environment hazard such an action will bring about are disregarded and overlooked. In these remote areas checks on destruction of forests are difficult to impliment. The lone burnt out stump bears witness to the recent atrocities. Trees and natural vegetation on the hills are being burned randomly to extend cultivation as issues about the environment hazard such an action will bring about are disregarded and overlooked. In these remote areas checks on destruction of forests are difficult to impliment. Bandarban, Chittagong. 2007.