On 20 September 2025, a Hill Forest Restoration and Awareness event was organized at Raiyna Tugun, Rangamati Sadar, Rangamati, by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Rangamati Science and Technology University (RMSTU), under the FORSU project. A total of 88 participants attended the event, including 3 faculty members and 85 students. The event raised awareness about deforestation and forest degradation in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and their impact on community livelihoods. In addition, the importance of forest landscape restoration education and hill forest restoration was highlighted as key to ensuring sustainable livelihoods and environmental integrity. Further, different indigenous tree species also planted in the hill forest area to mark the event. Students also received hands-on training in the use of GPS for forest inventory plots, location tracking, tree measurement, and the use of drones for forest assessment. The logistics and equipment used for forest assessments and forest restoration were supported by the FORSU project through funding from the ERASMUS+European Union.
Higher Education Cooperation for Forest Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Livelihoods in Bangladesh and Vietnam (FORSU)
