Studies on the impacts on local livelihoods and inter-community conflict of deforestation associated with refugee movements often treat host community groups as monolithic, with no analysis of its disproportionate effects on more vulnerable members resulting from competition over dwindling forest resources. We use the sustainable livelihoods framework and environmental-conflict theories is to illustrate the interconnection of migration, deforestation, and livelihoods through the lens of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh with a focus on ethnic and economic marginalisation and intra-community social cohesion. The deforestation of over 3,000 hectares associated with the Rohingya refugee influx has resulted in the loss of various forest-dependent livelihoods such as fuelwood collection, livestock rearing, and agroforestry. We analysed data collected from focus group discussions with forest dependent host community members and key informant interviews with journalists, local politicians, and NGO workers that show the effects of deforestation on the host community have disproportionately impacted ethnically and economically marginalised members, especially in terms of livestock rearing, agroforestry, and food insecurity. Our findings also show that conditions that promote heightened group identity and relative deprivation among host community groups, having long-term influence on intra-community cohesion, are also a result of deforestation.

关于与难民流动相关的森林砍伐对当地生计和社区间冲突的影响的研究通常将收容社区群体视为单一群体，而没有分析其对日益减少的森林资源的竞争对更脆弱成员造成的不成比例的影响。我们使用可持续生计框架和环境冲突理论，通过孟加拉国罗兴亚难民危机的视角来说明移民、森林砍伐和生计之间的相互联系，重点关注种族和经济边缘化以及社区内的社会凝聚力。罗兴亚难民涌入导致超过 3,000 公顷的森林砍伐，导致各种依赖森林的生计丧失，例如薪柴采集、牲畜饲养和农林业。我们分析了与依赖森林的东道社区成员进行的焦点小组讨论以及对记者、当地政界人士和非政府组织工作人员的重要知情人采访中收集的数据，这些数据表明，森林砍伐对东道社区的影响对种族和经济边缘化成员造成了不成比例的影响，特别是在牲畜饲养、农林业和粮食不安全。我们的研究结果还表明，促进所在社区群体增强群体认同和相对剥夺感的条件，对社区内部凝聚力产生长期影响，也是森林砍伐的结果。