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Institutional Problems of Forestry Sector in Bangladesh |
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by Sumit Chowdhury | 09-08-2018 23:15
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Forests provide timber, fuel and essential ecosystem services in addition to carbon storage and delivery of oxygen to the atmosphere. It is vital for the continued provision of essential life-sustaining services like health, livelihoods, water, food, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and climate security. As i am doing Bachelors in Forestry, i am concerned about the present scenario of the forestry sector of Bangladesh. The natural forests in Bangladesh are not uniformly distributed and concentrated only in the 12 districts and 28 densely populated districts are devoid of any forest. Bangladesh Forest Department still lacks the resources capability, and skilled manpower for sustainable management, monitoring and coordinating with other ministries and agencies. It does not have representation with qualified professionals at district levels. Hence, coordination with other agencies suffers. Currently, total strength of the BFD is 10,224. One forest guard patrols on an average 1430 hectare of forests in Bangladesh compared to 500 hectares in India. It is impractical to monitor and control such a large forest area which is freely accessible from all sides. In 2010, the BFD proposed for a total 19,635 personnel for the department which revised to 13,822 in 2016. Meanwhile, one-fifth of the current sanctioned posts are lying vacant and progress of recruitment is deficient. Forestry is specialized technical professional discipline which requires both academic and technical understanding on ecosystems dynamics and forests resources. Currently, several universities have been offering professional forestry education, however, these graduate do not receive appropriate attention in forestry sector recruitment |
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8 Comments
Well written Sumit. Thanks for highlighting the importance of forests. I am sure that when youth like you studying forestry will graduate with clear understanding of ecosystems dynamics and forests resources, as you mentioned, this will promote afforestation in Bangladesh.
Posted 19-08-2018 07:10
Very interesting article
Posted 14-08-2018 15:52
Hello Sumit, your case study about forestry sector in Bangladesh is very precise and keen about the current situation. Having deep contemplation about forest, lack of capacity to conserve forest environment will get government-led care and care-taking processes later on. Hope talented youth acknowledge this problem and respond to it!
Thanks for telling us of this :)
Posted 13-08-2018 23:47
I empathise with the situation in Bangladesh. In Kenya, due to corruption, our forests and water towers magically disappeared and the public did not know of it until recently. It turns out the very people we trusted with taking care of our forests were the very ones destroying them! And now we have ghost forests. If you're wondering how we didn't notice, they were clearing the forest from the inside so if you look at the forest from the outside you think it is there but you go inside or you go overhead and there is nothing! I hope the programs in Bangladesh can help raise a population of people who are qualified to look after the forests, and I hope those people won't be corrupt.
Posted 11-08-2018 21:43
This is such an amazing article Sumit. I hope you will be a game changer for this current forest status in your country.
Posted 11-08-2018 04:27
Thanks for your valuable comments.
Posted 10-08-2018 23:08
Hello Sumit
With deforestation and related issues are becoming urgent, needing proper measurements to recover the loss there really seems to be experts in this area to help out. Hope more attention could be drawn to forestry education!
Thanks :)
Posted 10-08-2018 20:19
well written Sumit. The overall resolution of the problem may take a long time but the problem may be divided into smaller parts & volunteers may be used for the same. University education must be augmented in forestry.
Posted 09-08-2018 23:22