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National ownership and sustainability of forest monitoring depend on institutional capacities to meet the forest information needs of users. This requires continuous strengthening of human capacities in the technical fields of forest monitoring, programme management, administration and operation. In addition, forest monitoring is a complex multi and trans-disciplinary process in...

Today 28th November 2018 at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Dhaka Bangladesh, Mr Jeroen Steeghs, Head of Development Cooperation in the Embassy signed a funding agreement on ‘Strengthening of Market Linkages and Technical Capacity for Agricultural Groups to Promote Income Generation in Cox’s Bazar’ with Mr...

Soils play a key role in tree and forest resources management and mitigating climate change and now Bangladesh has its first facility for properly storing valuable soil samples collected systematically from around the country as part of the Bangladesh Forest Inventory. Through a partnership between the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD)...

The Bangladesh Second Country Investment Plan for Nutrition-Sensitive Food Systems (CIP2) was launched at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 10 October 2018.  The launching ceremony was graced by the presence of the Honorable Minister for Agriculture, Begum Matia Chowdhury,...

It is more efficient to manage natural resources with modern technologies and the knowledge of how to use them. FAO in Bangladesh strengthens its government partners in the use of computer technology in the activities where it is needed most.  The Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) and the Ministry of Environment,...