Role of Society-Based Forest Management for Improving Rural Livelihoods: A Study of Bogra District, Bangladesh

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Role of Society-Based Forest Management for Improving Rural Livelihoods: A Study of Bogra District, Bangladesh

Author Affiliations

¹Bangladesh Civil Service General Education Cadre, Under National University, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh, Dhaka
² Govt. Mujibur Rahman Women’s College, Bogra; Bangladesh Civil Service(BCS) General Education Cadre, Under National University, Ministry of Education, Bangladesh, Dhaka

Int. Res. J. Social Sci., Volume 4, Issue (8), Pages 1-7, August,14 (2015)

Abstract

Social forestry (SF) is a government adopted forest management practice introduced with the help of ADB since 1982. In Bangladesh, the challenge of natural catastrophes and the high density of population, social forestry is a potential sector for sustainable development of rural livelihoods. The overall objectives of this study are to determine how to improve the utilization of forest products and the livelihoods of the participants through social forestry. The analysis is carried out through a household survey, using a random sampling, along with formal and informal discussion with the participants and the data which is collected from district forest office (DFO).The results show that SF is effective for improving sustainable development of rural livelihoods through various activities that create positive attitude among people to foster social development.

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[ref1] Banik H. and S.K. Kundu, Contribution of forest in Socio-economic Development in Bangladesh, SAARC expert Group Meeting, Pokhara, Nepal (2013)

[ref2] BFD (Bangladesh Forest Department), Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of Bangladesh, www.bforest.gov.bd(2011)

[ref3] Kanel K.R., Twenty five years of community forestry: Contribution to millennium developments goals. Fourth National Workshop on Community Forestry, Proceeding of the Fourth Workshop on Community Forestry, Kathmandu, Nepal (2004)

[ref4] Manandhar U., Forest Monitoring, Measurement, Reporting and Verification: from principle to practice, Journal of Forest and Livelihood, 11(2), 46-54 (2013)

[ref5] SFR (Social Forestry Rules), A modified Social Forestry Rules, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Ministry of Environment and Forest (2011)

[ref6] Alim A., Integrated rural development, protection of forest, use of forest soil and potential connection of rural poor to the waste and marginal land Bangladesh, Institute of Forestry, Chittagong University (1984)

[ref7] Hocking D. and Islam K., Trees in Bangladesh paddy fields and homesteads: Participatory action research towards a model design, Agroforestry Systems, 25, 193-216 (1994)

[ref8] Hassan M.M. and Mazumder A.H., An exploratory survey of trees on homesteads and waste land of Bangladesh, ADAB News, March-April, 1990, 26-32 (1990)

[ref9] Zashimuddin M., 14 Community forestry for poverty reduction in Bangladesh, FAO Corporate Document Repository, Regional Office for Asia and Pacific (2003)