Protected Areas

 

 

There are seven national parks, eight wildlife sanctuaries and one game reserve, covering a total of 244,175 hectares (less than two percent of the total land area); separate conservation principles have been established for each, but the resources, management and staffing needed to implement these principles are lacking. A further eight wetland areas in Sylhet and eastern Mymensingh, and three wildlife sanctuaries, are proposed as conservation area. Together with the existing parks they would expand the conservation area to 700,000 hectares (5 percent of the total land area). The wetlands support a rich diversity of species, including an estimated minimum of 330 species of plant, 270 species of birds, 120 species of commercially important fish, 50 species of reptile, 42 species of mammal and 8 species of amphibians. The Sundarbans support the Royal Bengal Tiger and the estuarine crocodile. These are not only repositories of natural biological diversity but have also helped in combating desertification.

 

 

 

 

 

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Source: National Report On Implementation Of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bangladesh (Final Draft)