{"id":3740,"date":"2026-04-14T07:53:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T07:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/?p=3740"},"modified":"2026-04-16T18:09:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:09:33","slug":"conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/?p=3740","title":{"rendered":"Conservation efforts help an endangered dipterocarp spread roots in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-317462\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Conservation of the endangered boilam tree (Anisoptera scaphula) \u2014 Bangladesh\u2019s tallest tree species \u2014 has reached a milestone after a 34-year-old man planted saplings across all the districts of the country.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A Bangladeshi forestry professor\u2019s dedicated work offers fresh hope for science-based conservation of the rare species.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>With no established conservation approach in Southeast Asia, where the species is also endangered, the Bangladeshi model could serve as a replicable solution.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Jan. 23, 2026, Mahbubul Islam Polash, a 34-year-old man from Bangladesh\u2019s northern district of Sirajganj, traveled to Teknaf area in the southeastern coastal district of Cox\u2019s Bazar, around 600 kilometers (373 miles) south of his hometown. Here, he planted a sapling of <em>Anisoptera scaphula<\/em>, a dipterocarp tree commonly known as <em>boilam<\/em> in Bangladesh.<\/p>\n<p>That day marked the 64th planting of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/33006\/177787286#habitat-ecology\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">endangered<\/a> tree species, completing the plantation campaign in all the districts of the country. The campaign was launched on June 5, 2024, coinciding with World Environment Day, in the northwestern Rajshahi district.<\/p>\n<p>When Polash learned that the towering tree species was on the verge of extinction and birds like kites and vultures were losing nesting habitats, he pinned his focus on planting boilams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if it was just one species, I wanted to spread it countrywide,\u201d Polash tells Mongabay.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, he says, he planned to collect its seeds or saplings from the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and distribute them across the country. But his initial attempts to germinate boilam seeds failed.<\/p>\n<p>Undeterred he continued to try and, in 2023, he succeeded in the germination of 74 seeds from the 2,000 sourced from mother trees in the hilly Bandarban and Khagrachhari districts. The saplings were nurtured on a piece of land adjacent to Polash\u2019s home in Sirajganj for a year until they reached a height of about 30-45 centimeters (12-18 inches).<\/p>\n<p>Finally, the boilam saplings were planted in 64 districts of Bangladesh. Polash spent 597 days and self-financed around 246,000 takas (about $2,000) to complete this remarkable campaign.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/33006\/177787286#habitat-ecology\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">A. scaphula <\/a><\/em>is a large perennial tree species, reaching heights between 30-45 meters (98-148 feet). It grows in semi-evergreen and evergreen forests on undulating land and the lower parts of valleys and can tolerate high humidities.<\/p>\n<p>This particular dipterocarp species is considered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/385997032_Effects_of_Pre-Sowing_Treatments_on_Seed_Germination_and_Seedling_Growth_Attributes_of_the_Endangered_Anisoptera_scaphula_Roxb_Species\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">flagship<\/a> tree in Bangladesh as it hosts large birds for nesting and many orchid species. Besides, its timber is hard, rigid and durable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317465\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A young boilam tree at Mahbubul Islam Polash\u2019s garden. Image courtesy of Mahbubul Islam Polash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317471\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_310_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317471\" src=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_310_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg\" alt=\"Mahbubul Islam Polash curates a garden with more than 300 rare flora species. Image courtesy of Mahbubul Islam Polash.\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_310_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074909\/rare-trees-bangladesh-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074909\/rare-trees-bangladesh-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074909\/rare-trees-bangladesh-610x343.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahbubul Islam Polash curates a garden with more than 300 rare flora species. Image courtesy of Mahbubul Islam Polash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Citing deforestation and over-exploitation for timber as major threats, the <a href=\"https:\/\/bnh.gov.bd\/pages\/static-pages\/6922dbdc933eb65569e0d0c4\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Bangladesh National Herbarium<\/a> (BNH), a research organization and museum under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, declared <em>A. scaphula<\/em> as one of the 446 threatened plants in the country.<\/p>\n<p>BNH\u2019s principal scientific officer, Sarder Nasir Uddin, says that the conservation of the endangered boilam is important on ethical grounds, as every species has the right to survive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMoreover, boilam plays a vital role in shaping the hilly forests. Also, it has high timber value,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<h2>Vital contributions by botanists<\/h2>\n<p>Boilam typically <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/385997032_Effects_of_Pre-Sowing_Treatments_on_Seed_Germination_and_Seedling_Growth_Attributes_of_the_Endangered_Anisoptera_scaphula_Roxb_Species\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">occurs<\/a> in small patches in the forested areas of the hilly Chattogram district, the CHT and Cox\u2019s Bazar.<\/p>\n<p>However, Polash says he has found evidence that boilam could grow in the plains as well.<\/p>\n<p>Applying local knowledge, he has chosen the plantation sites where jackfruit trees \u2014 highly sensitive to salinity and waterlogging \u2014 survive.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 1994, a couple of years after Polash\u2019s birth, a professor at the <a href=\"https:\/\/cu.ac.bd\/ifes\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences<\/a> (IFES) under Chittagong University, M. Kamaluddin, warned his students that Boilam would go extinct.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Kamaluddin collected boilam seeds from Chattogram\u2019s Hazarikhil area (now a wildlife sanctuary), germinated them and planted saplings in the institute\u2019s premises, planning for the species\u2019 last resort to survive in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was the one who first took initiatives for conserving the boilam and two other species,\u201d says <a href=\"https:\/\/cu.ac.bd\/public_profile\/index.php?ein=4052\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Md Aktar Hossain<\/a>, a professor at the same institute, who accompanied Kamaluddin through the whole process.<\/p>\n<p>Kamaluddin died in an accident in China in 2005. Three of the boilam trees he planted at IFES campus have survived, and one of them fruits once a year.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, after completion of higher degrees at a foreign university, Aktar resumed the conservation of boilam that Kamaluddin pioneered. He conducted a nationwide survey to identify where the trees still existed. Eventually he found one flowering tree in Khalilpara of Ukhiya subdistrict, Cox\u2019s Bazar.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_286_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317466\" src=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_286_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg\" alt=\"Boilam typically occurs in small patches in the forested areas of the hilly Chattogram district, the CHT and Cox\u2019s Bazar.\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_286_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074520\/boilam-in-bangladesh-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074520\/boilam-in-bangladesh-2-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074520\/boilam-in-bangladesh-2-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074520\/boilam-in-bangladesh-2-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boilam typically grows in small patches in the forested areas of the hilly Chattogram district, the CHT and Cox\u2019s Bazar.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In response to his call, the then forest officer of the area, Abdur Rahman, sent him a sack of boilam seeds. Aktar carefully experimented with different propagation methods with these seeds. He also focused on raising saplings.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, he produced several thousand boilam saplings at the IFES nursery, which is named after Kamaluddin.<\/p>\n<p>He personally distributed the saplings across Sylhet, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Cumilla, the CHT and Cox\u2019s Bazar, the areas with sandy loam and hilly-terrain soils that suit boilam\u2019s growth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bforest.gov.bd\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Bangladesh\u2019s Forest Department<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/usfsbd.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arannayk.org\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Arannayk Foundation<\/a> (a reforestation NGO based in Dhaka) and some of Aktar\u2019s friends supported his conservation campaign, whether in the form of funding the germplasm, distribution or planting.<\/p>\n<p>Aktar appreciates Polash from Sirajganj, saying, \u201cHe is continuing the work I started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can aim to distribute and plant it across the plains and the hills,\u201d he says, \u201cbut in reality, it won\u2019t grow everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317468\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317468\" src=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpeg\" alt=\"Boilam saplings at the IFESCU nursery. Image courtesy of Md Aktar Hossain. \" width=\"1600\" height=\"805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpeg 1600w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074748\/Photo-11-768x386.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074748\/Photo-11-1536x773.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074748\/Photo-11-1200x604.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074748\/Photo-11-610x307.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boilam saplings at the IFESCU nursery. Image courtesy of Md Aktar Hossain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The science of germination<\/h2>\n<p>Learning about Polash\u2019s experience in getting 74 saplings from trying to germinate 2,000 seeds, Aktar says that it had happened because the boilam seeds have very low viability.<\/p>\n<p>After being grounded, the seeds must be sowed within two to three days. After seven days, the seeds no longer germinate, he says.<\/p>\n<p>A 2024 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jescae.com\/index.php\/jase\/article\/view\/945\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">study<\/a>, co-authored by Aktar, finds one germination method \u2014 soaking the seeds in water for 12 hours followed by 12 hours of air drying \u2014 shows the highest success rate (84.2%) and fastest germination.<\/p>\n<p>Aktar suggests this specific technique for sowing the two-winged boilam seeds: \u201cThe wings should be removed before sowing inversely, with the wing side facing downward and the tip facing upward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the roots, which emerge from the wing side, will grow upward into the air before bending down into the soil, while the shoot from the tip will twist before emerging if a seed is sown incorrectly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen a seed is planted correctly, the root grows directly downwards and the shoot upwards. This will allow the saplings to grow straight without stress,\u201d Aktar says.<\/p>\n<p>His separate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/266996017_Towards_the_propagation_of_a_critically_endangered_tree_species_Anisoptera_scaphula\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">study<\/a>, published in 2014, observed the highest germination percentage in dewinged boilam seeds sown in inverted orientation in a half-buried position.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_317469\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_505_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-317469\" src=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_505_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpeg\" alt=\"Mahbubul Islam Polash in his garden. Image courtesy of Mahbubul Islam Polash.\" width=\"1080\" height=\"780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/climatevdo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776362970_505_Conservation-efforts-help-an-endangered-dipterocarp-spread-roots-in-Bangladesh.jpeg 1080w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074821\/Photo-07-768x555.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/04\/14074821\/Photo-07-610x441.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mahbubul Islam Polash in his garden. Image courtesy of Mahbubul Islam Polash.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>The replicable Bangladeshi model<\/h2>\n<p>According to the IUCN, the global authority for biodiversity conservation, <em>A. scaphula<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/33006\/177787286#habitat-ecology\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">native<\/a> to Bangladesh, Laos, Peninsular Malaysia, Myanmar and Thailand, where it\u2019s known by different names.<\/p>\n<p>Warning that the current population of the tree is decreasing, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/species\/33006\/177787286#habitat-ecology\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">IUCN<\/a> assessed it as an endangered species in 2017. Although the status of the species is concerning, there is a poor show of its conservation in the Southeast Asian countries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there has been any conservation action taken towards this threatened species [in Southeast Asia],\u201d biodiversity consultant Leng Guan Saw, a former division director at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frim.gov.my\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">Forest Research Institute Malaysia<\/a> (FRIM), tells Mongabay in an email.<\/p>\n<p>As a light at the end of the tunnel, initiatives by some Bangladeshi tree lovers could be considered a replicable model.<\/p>\n<p>Can Bangladesh be considered a primary source of <em>A. scaphula<\/em>? Aktar replies, \u201cI would say yes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, some mature boilam trees in Bangladesh are now producing seeds.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the \u2018exclusive\u2019 seeds were sourced from a particular hilly region, but now, the Chittagong University campus alone has around 2,000 Boilam trees, both mature and juvenile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, we now have the potential to distribute this species globally,\u201d Aktar says.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner image:<\/strong> Of the 500 timber species growing in Bangladesh, boilam is one of the tallest. Image by Mohammad Minhaj Uddin.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BHbxrrpro5\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/03\/planters-stranded-by-degraded-forests-as-bangladesh-agarwood-scheme-falters\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Planters stranded amid degraded forests as Bangladesh agarwood scheme falters<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute , visibility: hidden ,\" title=\"\u201cPlanters stranded amid degraded forests as Bangladesh agarwood scheme falters\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/03\/planters-stranded-by-degraded-forests-as-bangladesh-agarwood-scheme-falters\/embed\/#?secret=LooVhXpLWT#?secret=BHbxrrpro5\" data-secret=\"BHbxrrpro5\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Citations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hoque Subah, A., Hossain, M. A., Chowdhury, M. I. H., Cynthia, S. A., &#038; Rakib, M. H. (2024). Effects of pre-sowing treatments on seed germination and seedling growth attributes of the endangered (Anisoptera scaphula Roxb.) species. <em>Journal of Agriculture Sustainability and Environment, 3<\/em>(2), 36\u201350. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.56556\/jase.v3i2.945\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">10.56556\/jase.v3i2.945<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hossain, M., Ferdous, J., Rahman, M., Azad, M. A., Azad, K., Aini, N., Shukor, A. B., Hossain, M., Ab Shukor, N., Ferdous, J., Azad, M., &#038; Rahman, B. (2014). Towards the propagation of a critically endangered tree species Anisoptera scaphula. <em>Dendrobiology, 71<\/em>, 137\u2013148. doi:<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.12657\/denbio.071.014\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">10.12657\/denbio.071.014<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Feedback:<\/strong> Use <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScJkE3UItKQCDTqQpB0FWsgCksNwnCySntXrsLqxJZBXkhcTw\/viewform\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">this form<\/a> to send a message to the author of this post. 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