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Attempts
will be made to bring about 20% of the country's land under
the afforestation programs of the government and private sector
by year 2015 by accelerating the pace of the program through
the coordinated efforts of the government and NGOs and active
participation of the people in order to achieve self reliance
in forest products and maintenance of ecological balance. |
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Because
of limited amount of forestland, effective measures will be
taken for afforestation in rural areas, in the newly accreted
char in the coastal areas and in the denuded Unclassed State
Forest areas of Chittagong Hill Tract and northern zone of
the country including the Barind tract. |
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Private
initiatives will be encouraged to implement programs of tree
plantation and afforestation on fallow and hinterland, the
bank of the pond and homestead land, which are under private
ownership. Technical and other support services will be extended
for introducing agroforestry on privately owned fallow and
hinter land to keep intact the production of grass and herb
which is grown on government and privately owned forests and
fallow lands. |
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Tree
plantation on the courtyards of rural organization such as
Union Parishad, school, eidgah, mosque-moktob, temple, club,
orphanage home, madrassa etc. and other fallow lands around
can be initiated. The government will encourage this type
of initiative and extend technical and other supports. |
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Massive
afforestation on either side of land surrounding road, rail,
dam and khas tank through the partnership of the local people
and the NGOs will be commenced. Side by side, rubber plantation
will be encouraged in all suitable areas of the country including
Chittagong Hill Tract, Sylhet and Modhupur. |
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Special
afforestation programs will be taken in every city of the
country under the auspices of the government in order to prevent
pollution of environment in the densely populated area. Municipal,
town and other relevant authorities will take concerted efforts
in implementing this program. Attempts will also be taken
to ensure tree plantation / afforestation while plans are
made in respect of residential areas. |
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Massive afforestation programs in the denuded hilly areas of
Unclassed State Forests areas of Rangamati, Khagrachari and
Bandarban will be taken under the auspices of the government
and private initiatives. The participation and rehabilitation
of the local Jhum cultivators will be ensured while implementing
this program. This will be done under the auspices of the Ministry
of Land in cooperation with the local government by keeping
the land ownership rights intact. |
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The priority protection areas are the habitats, which encompass
representative samples of flora and fauna in the core area of
National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries and Game Reserves. Attempts
will be made to increase the amount of this protected area by
10% of the reserved forest land by the year 2015. |
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Multiple use of forest, water and fish of Sundarbans through
sustained management will be ensured keeping the bio-environment
of the area intact. |
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All state owned forests of natural origin and the plantations
of the Hill and Sal forest will be used for producing forest
resources keeping aside the areas earmarked for conserving soil
and water resources, and maintaining the bio-diversity. Keeping
in view the ecology, the management of forest lands will be
brought under profit-oriented business. |
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Inaccssible areas such as slopes of the hills, fragile watershed,
swamp etc. will be identified and kept as protected forests.
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The areas under the reserved forest, which have been denuded
or encroached, will be identified. Afforestation in these lands
will be done through people's participation. In this regard,
the use of agro-forestry will be encouraged. NGOs will have
opportunities to participate in this program. Side by side,
the lands in Chittagong and Sylhet, which were allocated to
different persons and institutions for developing the tea gardens
still remain unutilized and uncultivated will be identified
and used for tree plantation and afforestation. |
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Initiatives will be taken to reduce wastage by using modern
and appropriate technology at all stages of extraction and processing
forest products. |
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Emphasis will be imparted on modernization of forest-based industries
to ensure effective utilization of the forest raw materials..
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Steps will be taken to bring state owned forest-based industries
to competitive and profit oriented management system under the
free market economy. |
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Forest resource based labor intensive small scale and cottage
industries will be encouraged in the rural areas. |
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Rules
and procedures regarding transportation of forest produces in
the country will be simplified and made up-to-date. |
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Export of logs will remain banned given the scarcity of wood
in the country. But processed forest products can be exported.
Import policy on wood and wood-based products will be liberalized,
but import tariffs, for the wood products, which are abundant
in the country, will be levied appropriately. |
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Because of the scarcity of forest land, state-owned reserved
forest cannot be used for non-forestry purposes without the
permission of the Head of the Government. |
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A large number of tribal people lived around a few forest zones.
Since the ownership of land under their disposal is not determined,
they grab the forest land at will. They will be imparted ownership
of certain amount of land through the forest settlement process.
The rest of the forest land will be brought under permanent
protection. |
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Funds from different donors including International Aid Organizations
will be used to promote private forestry Organizations and tree
farming, and for such programs like training, technical and
financial supports will be imparted at an increasing rate. |
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Women will be encouraged to participate in homestead and farm
forestry, and participatory afforestation programs. |
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Ecotourism, related to forest and wildlife, is recognized as
forestry related activity, which will be promoted taking into
consideration the carrying capacity of nature. |
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There will be massive campaign through the government and non-government
medias for raising consciousness among the people regarding
afforestation and conservation, and use of forest resources.
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Encouragement will be extended to grow fruit trees for producing
more fruits along with the production of timber, fuelwood and
non-wood forest products under the afforestation program. |
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Initiatives will be taken to reduce wastage by increasing efficiency
and modernizing the technology for extracting forest resources.
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Forest Department will be strengthened in order to achieve the
goal and objectives of National Forestry Policy. A new department
called "Department of Social Forestry" will be established.
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The implementation of National Forestry Policy will be supported
by strengthening educational, training and research organizations.
This will contribute to forestry sector development. |
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Laws, rules and regulations relating to the forestry sector
will be amended and if necessary, new laws and rules will be
promulgated in consonance with goals and objectives of National
Forestry Policy.
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