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Since last year, anthropic pressure on nature in Cox’s Bazaar has increased at a level which put natural resources at irreversible risk. Rapid and extensive land degradation and deforestation has led to severe damages of key watersheds causing mass erosion, increasing the threats of landslides, flash floods and affects recharge...

CDAIS starts series of policy dialogues to stimulate agricultural innovation in tropical countries Mango niche partners from the area of Shibganj in Bangladesh and local authorities have started a dialogue on how policy and innovation can improve mango production. Niche partners in Shibganj of Chapainawabganj region have grown mango for generations. They...

Highlight: The Bangladesh Forest Department is establishing permanent forest inventory plots all over the country using new technologies  The Bangladesh Forest Department, with technical support from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, and in collaboration with universities, is finalizing the field data collection for the Bangladesh Forest...

The Validation Workshop on “Pesticide risk reduction in Bangladesh” project document was held on 27 June 2018 at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) with Secretary, Mr. Abdullah Al Mohsin Chowdury of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) as the Chief Guest and Dr. Sultan Ahmed, Director...

Using free and open source software for forest monitoring and assessment, such as Open Foris, is critical to ensure the sustainability of Forest Department’s mandate to manage and conserve forests in Bangladesh.   Development of a strong forest monitoring system with suitable baseline information archive is necessary for sustainable tree and...