Environmental Education as a Tool for Forest Conservation in Bangladesh: A Scoping Review

Bangladesh is among the most environmentally vulnerable countries in the world, facing serious forest degradation due to deforestation, land use change, and population pressure. Key forest ecosystems including the Sundarbans mangrove forest, the hill forests of Chittagong, and the sal forests of northwestern Bangladesh are under significant threat. Environmental education (EE) has been recognized globally as a key strategy for building conservation awareness and promoting behavioral change among communities, students, and policymakers. However, the extent to which EE has been systematically studied and applied as a forest conservation tool specifically within the Bangladesh context remains unclear.