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The Validation Workshop on “Pesticide risk reduction in Bangladesh” project document was held on 27 June 2018 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) with Secretary, Mr. Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdury of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) as the Chief Guest and Dr. Sultan Ahmed, Director...

Using free and open source software for forest monitoring and assessment, such as Open Foris, is critical to ensure the sustainability of Forest Department’s mandate to manage and conserve forests in Bangladesh.   Development of a strong forest monitoring system with suitable baseline information archive is necessary for sustainable tree and...

With the objective to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon sequestration from afforestation and reforestation activities, the government of Bangladesh is developing the Forest Reference Level for the implementation of REDD+ mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC has defined...

Improved knowledge and collaboration develops national capacities for sustainable forest monitoring and assessment For sustainable tree and forest resources management, a robust national forest monitoring and assessment (NFM) is required. This process is comprised of a set of interrelated activities of data collection, management, analysis, dissemination of information to stakeholders etc. Design of NFM...

In Bangladesh, trees and forestsare diverse and serve a number of practical purposes. In the whole country there are almost1,000 known tree species which supply basic needs such as food, medicine, and energy. Thus, the general public, in addition to academics and natural resource planners, are naturally curious to understand...