Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh
Deforestation in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh, has reached an alarming rate in recent years due to the various pressures of a growing population, land clearances for agriculture, illegal felling, development interventions, gaps in policy and legislation, and conflicting institutional mandates....
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| author | Rahman, S.A. Rahman, F. |
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| description | Deforestation in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh, has reached an alarming rate in recent years due to the various pressures of a growing population, land clearances for agriculture, illegal felling, development interventions, gaps in policy and legislation, and conflicting institutional mandates. The forest coverage of Bangladesh is one of the lowest and the deforestation rate is the highest of any country in the world. Coupled with the process of deforestation, flawed afforestration programmes have seriously exposed Bangladesh to environmental vulnerability. Shifting cultivation, which is still prevalent in the area, contributes significantly to forest loss and is the main cause of land degradation. Agroforestry is a promising alternative that can sustainably manage the remaining forest resources. It has good economic returns, and the income also maintains farmers basic needs, whereas the agroforestry tree crops are a valuable source of fuelwood thus reduce rural poverty significantly. |
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| spelling | CGSpace209342025-12-08T10:29:22Z Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh Rahman, S.A. Rahman, F. deforestation population growth forest cover shifting cultivation agriculture forest management Deforestation in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh, has reached an alarming rate in recent years due to the various pressures of a growing population, land clearances for agriculture, illegal felling, development interventions, gaps in policy and legislation, and conflicting institutional mandates. The forest coverage of Bangladesh is one of the lowest and the deforestation rate is the highest of any country in the world. Coupled with the process of deforestation, flawed afforestration programmes have seriously exposed Bangladesh to environmental vulnerability. Shifting cultivation, which is still prevalent in the area, contributes significantly to forest loss and is the main cause of land degradation. Agroforestry is a promising alternative that can sustainably manage the remaining forest resources. It has good economic returns, and the income also maintains farmers basic needs, whereas the agroforestry tree crops are a valuable source of fuelwood thus reduce rural poverty significantly. 2011 2012-06-04T09:15:20Z 2012-06-04T09:15:20Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/20934 en Lambert Academic Publishing Rahman, S. A., Rahman, F. 2011. Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh . Saarbrücken, Germany, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing. 168p ISBN: 978-3844331455.. |
| spellingShingle | deforestation population growth forest cover shifting cultivation agriculture forest management Rahman, S.A. Rahman, F. Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh |
| title | Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh |
| title_full | Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh |
| title_short | Managing forest at a landscape scale: reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of Eastern Bangladesh |
| title_sort | managing forest at a landscape scale reconciling smallholder forest culture in the uplands of eastern bangladesh |
| topic | deforestation population growth forest cover shifting cultivation agriculture forest management |
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