Challenges and Institutional Barriers to Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. The Study Area
2.2. Data Sources
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- Relevance to our research objectives;
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- Geographical focus, i.e., CHT;
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- Related to “forest and landscape restoration” and its potential;
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- Publication year between 2000 and 2023;
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- Peer-reviewed article.
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- Sources not directly contributing to our study objectives;
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- Sources related to geographical regions other than the CHT;
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- Sources in languages other than English.
3. Findings
3.1. Present Institutional Arrangements in the CHT
3.2. Challenges in Current Institutional Arrangements in the CHT
3.3. Challenges to Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Chittagong Hill Tracts Region
4. Discussion
4.1. FLR’s Potential Benefits in the CHT
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- Social Benefits
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- Environmental Benefits
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- Economic Benefits
4.2. Modalities for FLR Implementation in the CHT
4.3. Financing for FLR in the CHT
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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District | Forests Managed by BFD | District Government-Controlled USF (ha) | Total Forest Land (ha) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reserved Forests (ha) | USF (ha) | |||
Bandarban | 107,095 | 15,646 | 200,151 | 322,892 |
Rangamati | 248,855 | - | 309,267 | 558,122 |
Khagrachari | 38,800 | 1702 | 183,837 | 224,339 |
Total forest | 394,750 | 17,348 | 693,255 | 1,105,353 |
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Sarkar, O.T.; Mukul, S.A. Challenges and Institutional Barriers to Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Land 2024, 13, 558. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040558
Sarkar OT, Mukul SA. Challenges and Institutional Barriers to Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. Land. 2024; 13(4):558. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040558
Chicago/Turabian StyleSarkar, Oliver Tirtho, and Sharif A. Mukul. 2024. "Challenges and Institutional Barriers to Forest and Landscape Restoration in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh" Land 13, no. 4: 558. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13040558