Economic Reporter :
Speakers at a dialogue on ‘Sustainable Financing of Co-management in Bangladesh’ said Shared governance enabled by co-management is a proven model to improve governance of natural resources and biodiversity.
USAID’s Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project organized the dialogue on Wednesday at a city hotel in Cox’s Bazar hosted by Winrock International, NACOM, CODEC, CNRS and BCAS supported by USAID Bangladesh and Bangladesh Forest Department in observation of the Co-Management Day 2016.
Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed inaugurated the event as the Chief Guest while Chief Conservator of Forests Md Yunus Ali chaired the occasion. Among others, representatives of administration, forest department, development partners, non-government organizations, co-management organizations and private sector participated in this dialogue.
Shared governance enabled by co-management is a proven model to improve governance of natural resources and biodiversity and therefore increases flexibility to climate change through an improved planning and livelihood diversification.
Speakers and participants at dialogue, which is held every year since 2008 honoring a local hero, a community forest patroller Rafiqul Alam for his extraordinary sacrifice on this day at the hands of illegal loggers, noted this.
Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed in his inauguration speech noted that co-management is a praiseworthy initiative that made people more aware of forest conservation. Co-management approach in Bangladesh has received recognition from our neighboring countries.
Chair of the dialogue Md Yunus Ali explained the context and significance of co-management day and paid tributes for the heroic sacrifice made to safeguard the natural resource and environment. Co-management organizations now stand at a total of 27 joint collaborative councils and are spread across the country with involvement of approximately 1.5 lakh households.
He said’ “We have launched people oriented eco-friendly programs like social forestation to ensure sustainability of development work. We want to conserve our forest resource and alleviate poverty with people’s proactive participation in it. Future generations will grow crippled if we miss the mark of a healthy eco-system in country, he added.
Speakers at a dialogue on ‘Sustainable Financing of Co-management in Bangladesh’ said Shared governance enabled by co-management is a proven model to improve governance of natural resources and biodiversity.
USAID’s Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project organized the dialogue on Wednesday at a city hotel in Cox’s Bazar hosted by Winrock International, NACOM, CODEC, CNRS and BCAS supported by USAID Bangladesh and Bangladesh Forest Department in observation of the Co-Management Day 2016.
Secretary for the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed inaugurated the event as the Chief Guest while Chief Conservator of Forests Md Yunus Ali chaired the occasion. Among others, representatives of administration, forest department, development partners, non-government organizations, co-management organizations and private sector participated in this dialogue.
Shared governance enabled by co-management is a proven model to improve governance of natural resources and biodiversity and therefore increases flexibility to climate change through an improved planning and livelihood diversification.
Speakers and participants at dialogue, which is held every year since 2008 honoring a local hero, a community forest patroller Rafiqul Alam for his extraordinary sacrifice on this day at the hands of illegal loggers, noted this.
Dr Kamal Uddin Ahmed in his inauguration speech noted that co-management is a praiseworthy initiative that made people more aware of forest conservation. Co-management approach in Bangladesh has received recognition from our neighboring countries.
Chair of the dialogue Md Yunus Ali explained the context and significance of co-management day and paid tributes for the heroic sacrifice made to safeguard the natural resource and environment. Co-management organizations now stand at a total of 27 joint collaborative councils and are spread across the country with involvement of approximately 1.5 lakh households.
He said’ “We have launched people oriented eco-friendly programs like social forestation to ensure sustainability of development work. We want to conserve our forest resource and alleviate poverty with people’s proactive participation in it. Future generations will grow crippled if we miss the mark of a healthy eco-system in country, he added.
