Global Journal of Science Frontier Research: H Environment & Earth Science Volume 15 Issue 2 Version 1.0 Year 2015 Type : Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4626 & Print ISSN: 0975-5896 Peat Resources, Paleo-Environmental Interpretation as well as Their Utilization, Hakaluki Haor, Moulvibazar and Sylhet District, Bangladesh Nazwanul Haque, Faruk Hasan & Mohammd Anisur Rahman Geological survey of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Abstract- The study area is the Hakaluki Haor which is the second largest wet land of Bangladesh. It spans over the districts of Moulvibazar and Sylhet in northeast Bangladesh. The study was focused in the exploration of peat reserve, reconstruction of the paleo-environment as well as the utilization of the peat resources. Peat is found randomly from 0.5 m to 7 m below the surface and 1 m to 11 m thickness at over 40 beels as well as small plain lands of 90 km2 area of Hakaluki Haor. The total reserve of peat is 282 million ton in wet condition and 112 million ton in dry condition. The peat deposits of Hakaluki Haor area is the largest peat reserves of the Bangladesh. Peat bearing Hakaluki Haor is a low-lying wet land which geological term is synclinal depression. It may be a syncline between two anticlines which was filled with sediments as well as various plant materials derived from the hilly region (anticline) on both sides (west and east) of the Haor. Keywords: beel, deposition, haor, peat. GJSFR-H Classification : FOR Code: 960699 PeatResourcesPaleoEnvironmentalInterpretationaswellasTheirUtilizationHakalukiHaorMoulvibazarandSylhetDistrictBangladesh Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of : © 2015. Mohammed Masum, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Omer Faruk Khan, Nazwanul Haque, Faruk Hasan & Mohammd Anisur Rahman. This is a research/review paper, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/), permitting all non commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. By Mohammed Masum, Md. Mizanur Rahman, Mohammad Omer Faruk Khan,