:: Forest Department ::

A century old government organization started functioning from1862 with:

	Imperial Forest Service
	Provincial Forest Service
	Sub-ordinate Forest Service

Before partition under British India in 1947, the forests of Bangladesh were under the control of:

	Bengal Forest Department
	Assam Forest Department

After partition of British India, East Pakistan Forest Service were created comprising:

	East Pakistan Senior Forest Service
	East Pakistan Sub-ordinate Forest Service

Responsibility for forestry was passed to the Bangladesh Forest Department after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971.
Bangladesh Senior Forest Service were renamed as Bangladesh Civil Service (Forest) Cadre under Bangladesh Civil Service Cadre Rules, 1980.

Re-organization of Forest Department :

The forestry is a biological phenomenon deals with plants and animals of various forms. As an organization, Forest Department has multi-dimensional functions of forest resource conservation and management, protection and management of biodiversity and watersheds alongwith economic and ecological development of the country. For the sustainable management of country’s forest wealth, efficient and adequate manpower together with logistics is a prerequisite.

There were 7385 revenue posts in the Forest Department, which have been increased to 8681 with the reorganization of the Forest Department in the year 1999. The reorganization of the Department with the enhancement of the posts shall facilitate to implement the objectives set in the National Forestry Policy.
The Government of Bangladesh formulated Forestry Sector Master Plan (FSMP) in 1993.
The objective of the FSMP are to optimizing the contribution of forest resources for environmental stability and socio-economic development through people-oriented forestry programs.
The new Forest Policy was promulgated in 1994 responsive to implement and materialize FSMP directives and recommendations.

Major Programs of FSMP are:

People-oriented Programs.

Production-Directed Programs.

Institutional Strengthening.

Following issues are the pre-requisite in order to achieve FSMP objectives and for management, expansion, conservation and development of the forest resources:

Good policy directives and legislation

Infrastructure development

Institutional reform

The administrative head of Forest Department is the Chief Conservator of Forest (CCF). The Forest Department is divided into 4 wings considering magnitude of the works and line of jurisdiction. Each wing is administered by a Deputy Chief Conservator of Forest (DCCF).

The Wings are:

	Forest Management Wing
	Social Forestry Wing
	Planning Wing
	Education and Training Wing
There are 9 Circles in the Forest Department, each circle is headed by a Conservator of Forest (CF).

The Circles are:
	5- Forest Management Circles
	3-Social Forest Circles and
	1-Wildlife and Nature Conservation Circle
Similarly there are 44 Forest Divisions, each division is headed by a Divisional Forest officer (DFO) / (DCF)
	24-Forest Management Divisions
	13-Social Forest Divisions
	4-Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Divisions and
	3-Management Plan Divisions

Detail has been shown in the Organogram:

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