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20-yr forestry master plan being formulated
Bangladesh Is now formulat Ing a 20 year forestry master plan 11993 2013) with a dras tic change and massive investment to raise forest area to a minimum requirement of 25 per cent from the existing eight per cent for matching national demand and environ mental conservation and to create employment opporlunl
Disclosing this Wednesday In an exclusive interview with BSS. Environment. Forest. Fisheries and Livestocks Mln Ister Abdullah ail Noman said the forestry master plan to be finalised by December next would be able to create a social movement In the country tn favour of forest development and environmental conserva lion leading the nation march forward on to the path of de velopmcnt. progress and pros pertty
Noman said the draft na ttonal forest policy had been prepared and the national con servatfon strategy was now at Its final stage
He said the democratically elected government of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia was now Implementing a Taka 157 crore Thana Nursery Pro gramme ending June 1994 for the development of wood lol and agro forestry In the coun
The government has already created a separate social forestry department for strengthening and expediting social afforestation programme and recovering the degraded forestry to turn the present ef forts Into a social movement with the participation of pro pie. No man added
Spelling out the highlights of the draft forestry master plan, the Minister said the government was now chalking out a massive investment pro gramme under the cover of the long-term forestry master plan to reduce the resource gap and expand the contribution of the
forest sector in the country by ensuring a productive and effective participation of the people and private Initiatives
Detailing the background of the master plan, the Minister said there was no long term forestry plan In the country while a large scale destruction of resources and natural forest marked the most corrupt au toeratic regime of Ershad
The new master plan, he said, would Incorporate com prehcnslve. sound and dy namic policies, new legislation to address the present forestry concerns, urgent restructuring of the forestry Institutions, an effective and coordinated sys tern of human resources dcvel opment and strengthening the forestry research considering < hanged national, regional and global environmental situation
He said the drastic change associated with high Invest me nt scenario of the master plan would yield the greatest sustained benefits In terms of environmental conservation, production and productivity cementing effective participation of the people.