Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Re: Towards improved reporting on primary forests

  1. FAO definition of forest is fine. However, land management system of a country may not use that definition. In Bangladesh a forest is simply a forest land as declared and protected by the government /forestry department. In my opinion 0.5 ha seems too less to be considered as realistic. It might be considered as 1 ha.
  2. The background paper lacks readibility. It might be more reader-friendly. So that it can be used as an advocacy tool.
  3. Primary forest area is simply changed by deforestation, ie, when the forest area is encroached. Sometime forest area is encroached by government (government structute, army installations etc). Then no remedy.
  4.  No comment.
  5.  Also, no comment.

Thanks.