Biodiversity
Conservation in the Sundarbans Reserved
Forest (CBSRF)
The main objective
of the on going CBSRF project is to
establish an effective systems for
the participatory and sustainable
management of the ecosystems of Sundarban
Reserve Forest (SRF). The main scope
of the project include, i) a program
of biodiversity conservation and sustainable
resource management, ii) a community
development and participatory resource
management program that will provide
credit for the alternative income
generating activities to reduce dependence
e on the SRF and to break the exploitative
relationships between money lenders
and resource extractors, iii) the
development of eco-tourism infrastructure
that will serve as a catalyst for
the development of tourism industry
in Bangladesh, iv) a new multi sectoral
agency capable of willing to adopt
and implement the new approach of
participatory management require for
an integrated conservation and development
approach. The project will prevent
steady depletion of the forest and
reserve ecosystems that provides the
healthy habitat for the last survival
populations of Royal Bengal Tiger
(Panthera tigris) as well as a range
of other endangered and threatened
plant and animal species (Ahmed 2002,
MOEF, FD and ADB, 1997).
