FOREST RESOURCE OF BANGLADESH

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Forest A forest is an association of plants in which trees are the more prominent elements. Forest is very important for any country. Its important to have 9% forest for any country to keep the environmental sustainability.Forest in

BangladeshBangladesh only have 2.52 million hectare Forest Land, Forest Department manages 1.52 million hectare which includes Reserved, Protected and Acquired forest and Mangrove forest on the newly accreted land in estuaries of major rivers. The remaining 0.73 million hectare of land designated as Unclassed State Forest (USF) are under the control of Ministry of Land. Village forests (homestead land) form the most productive tree resource base in the country and accounts for 0.27 million hectare.

Total Forest Land of BangladeshCategory of Forests Area (Million

Hectare) Percentage

Forest Department Managed Forests

1.52 10.30

Unclassed State Forest 0.73 4.95Village Forest 0.27 1.83Total 2.52 17.08

Category of Forests

Area (Million Hectare) Percentage

Hill Forests 0.67 4.54Natural Mangrove Forests 0.60 4.07

Mangrove Plantations 0.13 0.88

Plain Land Sal Forest 0.12 0.81

Total 1.52 10.30

Forest Area Managed by Forest Department

Fig: Forest map of Bangladesh and Protected forest area map Of Bangladesh

Details about forest type1.Natural Mangrove Forests The largest single tract of natural mangrove forest is the Sundarban. It consists of a total of 6,01,700 hectare which is 4.07% of total land mass of the country and 40% of total forest land.

Mangrove Forest

2.Mangrove PlantationMangrove afforestation along the entire southern

coastal frontier is an innovation of foresters. During 1960-61, Government undertook afforestation programme along the shore land of coastal districts. This initiative got mementum from 1980-81 with the aid of development partners and afforestation programs are extended over foreshore islands, embankments and along the open coasts. Since 1960-61 upto 1999-2000, 142,835 hectare of mangrove plantations have been raised under a number of coastal afforestation projects. The present net area of mangrove plantation is 132,000 hectare after losing some area due to natural calamities.

Fig: Mangrove Plantation (Cox’s Bazar)

Fig; Mangrove Forest (Sundarban)

Forest TypeTropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests

Tropical moist deciduous Forests The Central and northern districts covering an area of 1,20,000 ha about 0.81% of total land mass of the country and 7.8% of the country’s forest land are bestowed with Tropical Moist Deciduous Forests. This forest is intermingled with the neighbouring settlements and fragmented into smaller patches. Sal (Shorea robusta) is the main species.

A recent forest inventory encountered that 3.75 million cubic meter wood available in the Sal forests.

Tropical evergreen and semi evergreen forests are extended over Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Sylhet totalling an area of 6,70,000 hectare which is 4.54% of total landmass of the country and 44% of national forest land. Depending on topography, soil and climate these area are categorized as i) Tropical wet evergreen forests and ii) Tropical

semi-evergreen forests.

The latest forest inventory shows that a total of 23,93 million cubic meter forest produces are available there.

Fig: Hill Forest (Bandarban)

Fig: Evergreen Forest In Kaptai

Fig: Sal Forest of Madhupur

Fig: Evergreen Forest in Moheshkhali

Forest TypeVillage Forests Tree coverage in the village forests are 2,70,000 hectare which acts as the source of a remarkable portion of national demand of forest produces.

The latest inventory exhibits that a total of 54.7 million cu m forest produces are available in this village forests.

Fig: Village forest at the side of Railway line (Akhaura)

These are some classification of forest in Bangladesh. All of these plays a great role in our environmental sustainability and they also protect our biodiversity.

Now I’m going to represent a map which has drawn with the help of above data and information in Next slide.

Produced map by collective

data

Source: Ministry of Forest and Environment, Government of Bangladesh.www.bforest.gov.bd

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Importance of Forest resourceForest resource is very important for Bangladesh. Some importance's are,

I. It fulfil the needs of fuel wood, fodder and other demand of large amount of population.

II. Forest supply more wood for human for making furniture and other human activities.

III.It provides efficient soil and water conservation.

IV. It protect us from different natural hazard such as flood, river erosion, cyclone, and so on.

V. Forest plays a great role in climatic condition of Bangladesh.

VI. It controls the environmental pollution.VII.Sometime it provide employment opportunities to

the rural population.VIII.Also important for developing cottage

industries in rural areas.IX. Forest also important for recreational

activities of human.

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