This document discusses forestry development projects in Bangladesh. It begins by defining social forestry and forestry projects. It then outlines three main types of forestry projects: reforestation, forest conservation, and improved forest management. Several past and current forestry projects in Bangladesh are then summarized, including their goals and impacts. Advantages of forestry projects include increased biodiversity, reduced poverty and global warming. Implications are the need for government and NGO support, long-term planning, training and secure funding. In conclusion, forests play an important role in carbon sequestration and improved management can help ensure their health and productivity.

1. Forestry Development
Projects in Bangladesh
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2.  Social Forestry
OUTLINE
 What is Forestry Project
 Types of Forestry Projects
 Forestry Development
Projects in Bangladesh
 Advantages of Forestry
Projects
 Implications of Forestry
Projects
 Conclusion

3. SOCIAL FORESTRY
 The term, social forestry, was first used in India in 1976 by The National Commission
on Agriculture, Government of India.
 Social forestry means the management and protection of forests and afforestation on
barren lands with the purpose of helping in the environmental, social and rural
development.
 FAO defined social forestry as 'any situation which intimately involves local people in
a forestry activity‘

4. Forestry Project means a planned set of
activities designed to increase removals of
CO2 from the atmosphere, or reduce or
prevent emissions of CO2 to the atmosphere,
through increasing and/or conserving forest
carbon stocks.
What is Forestry Project

5. Three Types of Forestry
Projects
1 Reforestation
2
Forest
conservation
3
Improved
forest
management
to plant new forests on
land
to protect old growth
forests from deforestation
to grow mature, well-stocked
forests using sustainable
harvest practices

6. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Forestry Sector Project (FSP) (1998-2004)
 The FSP is currently the largest public sector SF intervention in the country.
 Its stated aims included: conservation of forests in selected protected areas, increased
production of wood, institutionalization of forest resource management through local
community participation and institutional capacity building and policy reform.
 A considerable number (460) of NGOs have been involved as partners of Forest
Department(FD) in implementing the project activities.

7. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Sustainable Forests & Livelihoods (SUFAL)
Project
 Aims to improve forest management and increase benefits for forest dependent
communities in targeted sites by financing nearly 79,000 hectares of forests on public
and private lands, including about 22,000 hectares of coastal green belt across 147
Upazilas
 The project will directly benefit about 40,000 forest dependent households
 The Bangladesh Forest Department will also receive support through training and
skills development opportunities.

8. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Community Forestry Project (CFP) (1981-1988)
 Its primary objectives included benefiting the rural poor by producing fuel wood for
domestic uses, fruits, construction timber and fodder, catalyzing community
awareness of the values of tree planting and developing a permanent institutional
capacity within the FD to undertake social forestry throughout the country.
 The project area encompassed seven northwestern districts of Rangpur, Dinajpur,
Pabna, Rajshahi, Bogra, Kustia and Jessore
 The physical targets, such as establishment of strip plantations, fuel wood plantations,
agro-forestry, training, institutional support, were mostly achieved.

9. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Climate Resilient Sustainable Coastal Forestry in Bangladesh
 IDCOL and Bangladesh Forest Department developed a concept note titled “Climate
Resilient Sustainable Coastal Forestry in Bangladesh”
 For addressing global climate change scenario, forests serve as a source of resilience –
absorbing harmful CO2 emissions, providing resources to local populations, and
through forest-landscape design to protect communities from increasingly erratic
climatic impacts
 The proposed project is expected to have a total value of USD 80 million, with GCF
financing of USD 60 million and the rest USD 20.00 million as co-financing from
Bangladesh Forest Department

10. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Upazila Afforestation and Nursery Development Project (UANDP) (1989-1996)
 This project was basically a sequel to the Community Forestry Project and aimed to
increase the production of biomass fuel and enhance the institutional capacity
 The project covered 61 out of 64 districts, 85% of the total land area of Bangladesh
 Generally, farmers actively participated in protecting trees in their agro-forestry plot
 The project was judged to be partially successful by various assessment reports

11. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Forest Resources Management Project (FRMP) (1992-2001)
 It is aimed to establish 850 ha of plantation through participatory arrangement with
the local people within the Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar Forest Divisions
 610 farmers were included in the project which extended over the districts Chittagong
and Cox’s Bazar (Under the administrative purview of Chittagong South, Chittagong
North, Cox’s Bazar south and Cox’s Bazar North Forest Divisions)
 The formation of participants’ groups seemed more of an attempt to fulfill a
procedural requirement of the project than and exercise towards developing genuine
collective activities.

12. Forestry Development Projects in Bangladesh
Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project (SBCP) (1999-2006)
 The development objectives of the project include development of a sustainable
management and biodiversity conservation for the Sundarban Reserve Forest (SRF)
resources and reduction of poverty of 3.5 m people living in the impact zone
 Since the late 2002, a number of ADB Review Missions have expressed concerns over
the project’s lack of significant progress especially in such areas as development of
participatory environment engaging the local people.
 Ultimately in September 2003, the ADB suspended the loan for the project on account
of serious implementation delays and lack of proper financial management of the
project.

13. Coastal Greenbelt Project (CGP) (1995-2002)
 The key development goals of this project were to
protect and improve the coastal environment by
increasing tree cover and to reduce poverty by creating
supplementary income opportunities for the poor.
 Some 8934 km of strip plantations and 665 ha of
foreshore plantations were established and about
143936 participants and more than 100 NGOs were
engaged.
 The project helped in generating employment for more
than 3.5 m people

14. A B
C E
D F
H
G
Advantages of Forestry Projects
Increased Biodiversity
Decrease Soil Erosion
Reduced Poverty
Reduced Global
Warming
Increased Green Space
Saving Wildlife
Create Awareness
Reduced Deforestation
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H

15. Implications of Forestry Projects
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1 Need incentives from Govt: Organizations
Need support from Non-govt: Organizations
Need to Develop Long-term Planning
Need appropriate training
Provide secure fund/ money
Increased projects areas
Increased forestry related research

16. Conclusion
Forests are a vital part of the global
ecosystem, and they play a important role in
sequestering carbon dioxide from the
atmosphere. Improved forest management
can help to ensure that forests remain
healthy and productive. Forest carbon
stocks are the total amount of carbon stored
in a forest, and by promoting healthy
growth and preventing deforestation, it is
possible to maximize the ability of forests to
store carbon.

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