Community based environment management and biodiversity conservation: a model experience of Bangladesh
2001
Haque, R.S. (Amader Project (Bangladesh))
Bangladesh is a modest country endowed with diverse biological resources, which are the major natural wealth of the country and support 120 million people. In Bangladesh there are 154 species of reptiles, about 650 species of birds and about 120 species of mammals. At least 40 of the bird species found in Bangladesh are globally threatened. Plant biodiversity in Bangladesh is estimated at over 5,000 species of higher plants, some 158 of which are found in freshwater and brackish water and 334 in coastal wetlands. Due to population pressure, lack of awareness, degradation of ecosystem and lack of management initiatives, biodiversity is being depleted at an alarming rate. As a result, some species have already been extinct and many others are in the threat of extinction. Better environment and the conservation of biodiversity is increasingly becoming one of the greatest challenges of present time. Wetlands of Bangladesh are rich in biodiversity and have great ecological, economic and commercial values. These wetlands are nationally and internationally important and now are under threat. However, excessive exploitation and lack of proper management of resources have led to massive degradation of the wetland ecology and severe depletion of its resources. Biodiversity underpins the existence and welfare of human life and economic development in very important ways. Consequently deforestation and loss of important ecosystems and biological diversity can contribute directly and in a significant way to enhance poverty and reduce livelihood opportunities for a number of valuable and poor people of Bangladesh. The paper will address how a community based approach could be the result-oriented mode for environment management and biodiversity conservation
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