Table 6.

Statement on the environmental and natural resources degradation due to migration.

Authors	Published year	Statement regarding the environmental and natural resources degradation
[2]	2018	The forest cover around the three camps was degraded by 2283 ha due to the quick increase in refugee camps.
[13]	2020	Estimates of aboveground biomass as well as carbon stock showed a consistent and considerable decline during 2017–2019.
[14]	2021	In the Kutupalong RC including Kutupalong extension camp, out of 27.76% of settlements, 0.35% of settlements, and 9.61% of settlements seem to be at risk of landslide and flood, respectively.
[24]	2019	Human-elephant confrontations occurred due to the forest demolished by the Rohingya camps.
[22]	2021	The socioeconomic and environment status of host community has degraded due to Rohingya influx.
[16]	2022	Near the Rohingya refugee camps, shallow forests have taken the place of the deep forests.
[3]	2020	The LST in the Rohingya camp area climbed dramatically, reaching a maximum of 34 °C, much above the pre-influx level.
[54]	2021	A net loss of 6.6 square miles of forest land has been recorded in the Ukhia Forest area due to the Rohingya influx from 2014 to 2018.