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With the objective to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation and enhance carbon sequestration from afforestation and reforestation activities, the government of Bangladesh is developing the Forest Reference Level for the implementation of REDD+ mechanism under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The UNFCCC has defined...

Improved knowledge and collaboration develops national capacities for sustainable forest monitoring and assessment For sustainable tree and forest resources management, a robust national forest monitoring and assessment (NFM) is required. This process is comprised of a set of interrelated activities of data collection, management, analysis, dissemination of information to stakeholders etc. Design of NFM...

In Bangladesh, trees and forestsare diverse and serve a number of practical purposes. In the whole country there are almost1,000 known tree species which supply basic needs such as food, medicine, and energy. Thus, the general public, in addition to academics and natural resource planners, are naturally curious to understand...

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) is going to implement a 3-years project on ‘Increasing Access to Finance for Farmers Organizations of Bangladesh’. The project aims to develop each FO’s capacity to access to value chains, markets, technical knowledge, information and financing through training and collective...

Recent technological advances using satellite images provide robust information about forest cover change but not all the necessary information for forest management and planning at the local level. Engaging local community volunteers is a promising way to fill this gap of information. In Bangladesh, there is a history of participation...