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The Sundarbans in Bangladesh

Aspects of Sustainable Management and Community Involvement at a World Heritage Site

Polas, Md. Abul Bashar

Bangladesh is an agricultural-based country. Agriculture contributes 42.70% (BER) in the labor market through 4 categories namely crops, fisheries, livestock, and forestry. Forestry has the most significant role in renovation of infrastructures and balancing the natural environment. Due to human and natural induced threats, the forest resources are in danger and currently, the percentage of forest in Bangladesh is 13.22 % (BER). The sector is still mistreated on the basis of compared to the other three parts of agriculture. A satisfactory management plan, structural administrative development, and new policy implication can change the present situation. The main goal of this study is to review the sustainable management and community involvement of the Sundarbans World Heritage Site as it is the largest portion of forest resources in Bangladesh. The findings of this study focus on the institutions that are responsible for the overall development of the world’s largest mangrove forest. Various international conventions and national policies are analyzed to fulfill the objective of the study. Finally, this work accumulates the cumulative goals and objective of the UNESCO-WHS management and the government of Bangladesh for the sustainable forest management.

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@masterthesis{doi:10.17170/kobra-202404059902,
  author    ={Polas, Md. Abul Bashar},
  title    ={The Sundarbans in Bangladesh},
  keywords ={300 and 500 and Bangladesch and Sundarbans and Forstwirtschaft and Nachhaltigkeit and Natürliche Ressourcen and Management and Weltkulturerbe},
  copyright  ={https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/},
  language ={en},
  year   ={2019}
}