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BANGLADESH


Bangladesh's Master Plan for Forestry Development emphasises that forest resources should be managed in an ecologically sustainable manner to ensure species diversification and environmental protection.
The majority of forests are owned by the state, but in many areas responsibility for management is delegated to local government, with villages and local communities involved in tree growing, resource planning decisions and maximising benefits for local people. Community leaders, NGO representatives and other stakeholders are invited to participate in workshops on forestry planning processes. The participation of local people is intended to ensure more effective forest management by providing improved regulation of major problems such as the illegal occupation of forest lands, illegal tree-felling and hunting of wild animals.

Despite the government emphasis on conservation, a lack of resources and proper management plans means that many forest lands that are supposed to be protected are degraded due to illegal logging and land clearance for agriculture. A moratorium that was imposed on all logging in 1989 did not prevent significant illegal logging from continuing. Most plantations have not yet reached maturity, the authorities have failed to protect forests from uncontrolled felling and many forests have, therefore, been seriously degraded or deforested.

The Bangladeshi government recognises the need to manage the forest lands in a more sustainable manner, not least because of the impact of deforestation on worsening the effects of natural disasters. However, intense population pressures and the resulting conflict between conservation and economic development, and a lack of resources means that forests continue to be exploited beyond their natural capacity, and land use conflicts, encroachment into protected areas, and permanent loss of biodiversity remain serious problems.


DOCUMENTS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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20/05/2012 Extent and Consequences of Tropical Forest Degradation: Successive Policy Options for Bangladesh
This paper is conceived at a time when new paradigms are sought for the development of a framework to ... 		Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology (M. G. Kibria, S. A. Rahman, A. Imtiaj and T. Sunderland)

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NEWS

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DATE TITLE AUTHOR
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18/12/2012 Bangladesh: Deforestation threatens food security in southeast
Cox's Bazar - Activists warn food insecurity in southeastern Bangladesh may worsen over the next ... 		IRIN Asia

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11/09/2012 WB expresses concern over increasing deforestation in Bangladesh
... 		Energy Bangla, Bangladesh

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28/06/2012 Hill cutting, tree felling increase risks
Indiscriminate deforestation, hill cutting and unplanned human settlements are causing the series of ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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17/06/2012 Deforestation reaches alarming stage in BD
The deforestation in Bangladesh has reached an alarming stage as the authorities concerned did not implement ... 		Financial Express, Bangladesh

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04/06/2012 Bangladesh forests disappearing at “alarming rate”, says expert
Bogor, Indonesia - Scientists are sounding the alarm bells in Bangladesh as forest loss reaches 90 percent, ... 		CIFOR Forests Blog

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18/06/2011 Foresters fight uneven battle with loggers
The gang of illegal loggers could not but laugh when three forest officials equipped with sticks challenged ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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30/04/2011 Climate change measures must be made corruption proof
As governments prepare to spend up to US$100 billion annually by 2020 to limit climate change and prepare ... 		Transparency International

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21/01/2011 Burmese troops sell illegal timber and bamboo to Bangladesh woodcutters
Buthidaung - Burmese soldiers on the border fronteir are illegally selling timber and bamboo from the ... 		Narinjara Independent Arakanese News Agency, Burma

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09/01/2011 Extension of ban on felling trees
With a view to conserving country's dwindling forest resources the government has decided to extend ... 		The Financial Express, Bangladesh

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01/12/2010 Tk 956m projects to fight climate impacts okayed: Digital map to be used to save forests
The government is going to develop a digital map of the country's forest to build a stronger forest ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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27/01/2010 Hasan urges forest officials to come out of all ill reputes
State Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Hasan Mahmud Monday urged the forest officials to put their ... 		The Financial Express, Bangladesh

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17/12/2009 Forest dept rejoinder, our reply
The Divisional Forest Officer Md Delwar Hossain of Sylhet Division contested a news item published in ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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12/12/2009 Once-abundant Chakoria forest 'now gone'
Chakoria - The second largest mangrove forest in Bangladesh, the 'Chakoria Sundarbans' in the ... 		bdnews24.com, Bangladesh

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03/12/2009 Rainforest protectors under threat
As soon as we arrived in Kalenga from Srimangal, after 10 kilometres of off-roading the day after Eid, ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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30/11/2009 More trees looted from coastal belt
Chittagong - Local influential people felled and removed more than 1,500 trees on Sunday night in the ... 		bdnews24.com, Bangladesh

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25/11/2009 Rainforests ravaged: Greed of loggers, forest men left Kalinga resources almost bare
It seemed that we were standing on the premises of a huge sawmill. Actually we were right in the middle ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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01/10/2009 Seized timber worth Tk 10cr rot in CHT forest offices
Huge quantity of timber worth around Tk 10 crore has been getting rotten for seven years at the range ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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24/09/2009 Wiping out the forests
While the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) has launched a worldwide tree plantation campaign ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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03/09/2009 Threatened reserve forests: Govt must act fast and with force to save the precious resource
Looting of the reserve forests in the Chittagong Hill Tracts has reached alarming proportions. The way ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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02/09/2009 Reserve forests turn barren: Timber traders team up with forest officials to plunder Rangamati greens
Illegal logging continues unabated in the reserve forests in Rangamati, contributing to deforestation ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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01/09/2009 Ownership plan to save forest resources
The government plans to offer forest ownership to people living in forests and their peripheries as part ... 		The New Nation, Bangladesh

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24/08/2009 Forest-hostile projects deforesting Madhupur Donors favour plantation of foreign species; locals keep trust in natural forest
The Department of Forest is apparently depleting the Madhupur Sal Forest through implementation of different ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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31/05/2009 Country falls far short of minimum forestland - PM opens tree plantation campaign today
Five lakh hectares of forestland in the country has been denuded of trees, said State Minister for Environment ... 		The Daily Star, Bangladesh

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03/02/2009 Govt to saw legal link off illegal wood trade
Bangladesh - The government plans to stop issuing special permits for buying wood from its depots as ... 		The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

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18/08/2008 Corruption killing Bangladesh forests: watchdog
Bangladesh's jungles, including the world's largest mangrove forest the Sunderbans, are being ... 		AFP

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03/05/2008 Bagaihat Reserve Forest in Rangamati being gobbled up
Bangladesh - Bagaihat Reserve Forest in Rangamati is threaten with extinction due to grabbing and illegal ... 		The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

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31/10/2007 One killed as BDR opens fire on illegal loggers
Bangladesh - An illegal logger was shot to death and 20 others, including BDR soldiers, were wounded ... 		The Daily Star (Bangladesh)

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12/01/2005 Timber Smuggling - 15 forest staff suspended - 10 army men also found guilty
Bangladesh - The Ministry of Environment and Forest has suspended 15 officials and employees of Forest ... 		bangladesh-web.com

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19/08/2004 Debt For Nature agreement to conserve Panama's forests
On August 19, 2004, the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Panama, together ... 		US Department of State

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