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Introduction
Professor A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid currently works at the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology. Dr Manzoor also served as Dean of the School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences and Head of the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science during his professional. His current research interest includes community -based forest management, collaborative NRM, local institutions and community based adaptation and mitigation strategies.
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Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Sylhet
Position
- Professor ; Former Head Department of Forestry and Environmnetal Science ; Former Dean School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences;
June 2001 - November 2016
Position
- Professor and Head, Department of Forestry and Environmental Sceine; Dean, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences
February 2011 - May 2014
Education
September 2009 - April 2013
October 2007 - July 2009
Field of study
- Environmental Science (Biodiversity Management)
January 2001 - December 2003
Independent Researcher
Field of study
- Environment and Development
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Publications (60)
The relatively rapid expansion of protected areas (PAs) has outpaced their effective governance, monitoring, and evaluation processes, resulting in a knowledge gap, particularly in relation to the impact and efficacy of co-managed protected areas in conserving biodiversity globally. Bangladesh, like numerous other nations, is expanding its existing...
The Sundarbans World Heritage ecosystem provides valuable ecosystem goods and services to >7.5 million coastal people in South Asia. This sentinel mangrove ecosystem is threatened by historical anthropogenic disturbances, salinity intrusion and long-term environmental changes including sea level rise. Understanding which factors regulate mangroves’...
Over two million people depend on the Sundarbans for direct or indirect subsistence. Most of the poor and resource-dependent populations rely significantly on fishing for their subsistence in the absence of alternative work and income possibilities. Various global conventions impact national policy, putting pressure on state forest officials to mai...
There has been an upsurge concerning the concept and application of “co-management” in the governance of natural resources in Bangladesh in recent years. Notwithstanding the popularity of co-management, however, the overall approach to implementation has been overtly technical in nature; and there has been limited attention to sustainability dynami...
This chapter proffers an overview of Action and Evidence-based research as two related yet distinct methods commonly used in the exploration of society. The purpose is to provide a summary and synthesis of the key dimensions of these methods from the viewpoint of tertiary literature. Establishing facts and reaching a conclusion are the leading obje...
The Sundarbans is the single largest continuous tract of mangrove forest of the World. This forest is rich in biodiversity with a wide array of conventional and nonconventional Non-wood Forest Products (NWFPs). So far, 25 types of NWFPs have been identified from the Sundarbans. Among them, thatching materials, honey, beeswax, bony fish, cartilagino...
Forests and the associated biological resources have historically played a crucial role in ensuring environmental conservation and sustaining livelihood especially for the forest dependent rural and Indigenous communities across the globe. Notwithstanding the growing recognition of non-wood forest products (NWFPs) in supporting local livelihood and...
Forest co-management models between local communities and the state have gained considerable attention over the past two decades to reconcile ecological conservation with sustainable livelihoods of local communities. Grounded in an exploratory qualitative methodological focus, this study examines how forest co-management realities have fared vis-à-...
The present study aimed to determine the durability of three tropical timber species (Dipterocarpus turbinatus, Artocarpus chaplasha, Michelia champaca) growing in Bangladesh against three white-rot fungi, such as Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Ceriporiopsis subvermispor and Trametes versicolor. The durability was examined by mass loss of tested wood...
Background
National forest inventory and forest monitoring systems are more important than ever considering continued global degradation of trees and forests. These systems are especially important in a country like Bangladesh, which is characterised by a large population density, climate change vulnerability and dependence on natural resources. Wi...
Wetland forests-a major ecosystem of Bangladesh, is still being neglected despite of having enormous potentials particularly in case of ecosystem balancing and CO 2 accumulation. Under this purview, the present study aimed at estimating the biomass and carbon stock of four major tree species namely Pongamia pinnata, Barringtonia acutangula, Syzygiu...
The diversity in ecosystems has given Bangladesh a unique character as it harbors a wide spectrum of flora and fauna. Wetland ecosystems are playing a vital role for survival of human by providing clean water for drinking, water for agriculture, cooling water for the energy sector, safeguarding biodiversity and regulating flood through facilitating...
The Government of Bangladesh showed its commitment to conserve biodiversity and strengthen people's livelihoods in Tanguar Haor through wise use of natural resources. Ministry of Environment and Forests, in association with IUCN Bangladesh, launched a co-management project entitled ‘Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor (CBSMTH)’ i...
This chapter provides an insight of the biodiversity of Bangladesh, from ecosystem to species level, genetic diversity, and major threats to the biodiversity in the country with key initiatives so far taken for biodiversity conservation. The forests of Bangladesh cover three major vegetation type occurring in three distinctly different ecosystems,...
In recent years co-management has been widely used as a strategy to address the challenges related to protected area governance, and devolution of power, management responsibility and empowerment of actors are recognized as central to this approach. This study examines the extent to which present co-management arrangements in Rema-Kalenga Wildlife...
This book with case studies from around the world provides an overview of PA governance, institutional mechanisms, conservation benefits, limitations and challenges associated with their respective policy discourse, integrated management, and functional attributes. Chapter One provides a general overview with an introduction to the chapters, while...
Biodiversity has become an issue of global anxiety over the past decades due to its rapid decline worldwide. Bangladesh as one of the most densely populated countries in the world is no more exception. The country, although, was once very rich in biodiversity, during the last few decades as a consequence of the rapid reduction in forest area, urban...
Establishment of a protected area (PA) is a key global conservation strategy aimed to protect the Earth’s imperiled biodiversity and ecosystems. Globally, PA networks now cover nearly 15% of the terrestrial ecosystem. Despite the importance of PAs in protecting declining biodiversity and unique ecosystems, many of them are in critical condition due...
Good governance in natural resource management (NRM) is one of the most challenging issues in developing countries that often inappropriately embedded in national policies and political agendas. It is, in fact, even more important for countries like Bangladesh with exceptionally high pressure and dependence on its natural resources for sustaining r...
Despite of being an exceptionally biodiversity rich country, the forest coverage of Bangladesh is declining at an alarming rate. Declaration and management of protected areas in this regard is one of the efforts from government side to tackle the loss of biodiversity. The limited numbers of forest-protected areas (FPA), established to conserve the...
Establishment of protected areas (PAs) is one of the key global conservation strategies that currently cover approximately 15% of the earth's land surface. Globally, PA networks are designed to curb the growing anthropogenic pressures in areas with high biological diversity. Despite the importance of PAs in conserving the vanishing biodiversity and...
Establishment of protected areas (PAs) is one of the key global conservation strategies that currently cover approximately 15% of the earth’s land surface. Globally, PA networks are designed to curb the growing anthropogenic pressures in areas with high biological diversity. Despite the importance of PAs in conserving the vanishing biodiversity and...
Good governance in natural resource management (NRM) is one of the most challenging issues in developing countries that often inappropriately embedded in national policies and political agendas. It is, in fact, even more important for countries like Bangladesh with exceptionally high pressure and dependence on its natural resources for sustaining r...
Despite of being an exceptionally biodiversity rich country, the forest coverage of Bangladesh is declining at an alarming rate. Declaration and management of protected areas in this regard is one of the efforts from government side to tackle the loss of biodiversity. The limited numbers of forest-protected areas (FPA), established to conserve the...
People in developing world derive a significant part of their livelihoods from various forest products, particularly non-timber forest products (NTFPs). This article attempts to explore the contribution of NTFPs in sustaining forest-based rural livelihood in and around a protected area (PA) of Bangladesh, and their potential role in enhancing house...
Collaborative protected area management has of late gained growing recognition and attention in both developing and developed nations as an avenue of sustainable development that ensures biodiversity conservation as well as community development. This article sheds lights on selected dynamics of the collaborative approach to PA management in Austra...
People in the developing world derive a significant part of their livelihoods from
various forest products, particularly non-timber forest products (NTFPs). This article
attempts to explore the contribution of NTFPs in sustaining forest-based rural
livelihood in and around a protected area (PA) of Bangladesh, and their potential role in enhancing h...
The role of co-management in changing paradigms is very much a political process. This new framework can facilitate and enable greater local community engagement and institutional development. The positive outcomes of the co-management practice in Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangladesh are the primary grounding of the concept that managed to create...
In tropical developing countries, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+) is becoming an important mechanism for conserving forests and protecting biodiversity. A key prerequisite for any successful REDD+ project, however, is obtaining baseline estimates of carbon in forest ecosystems. Using available published data, we...
SUMMARY Enforcement of the law is the most widely practiced strategy to prevent illegal logging in tropical developing countries, though the efficacy of such practice has often been questioned. We examined the effectiveness of forest law enforcement and different forms of economic incentives to curb the activities of illegal loggers. Thirty househo...
Medicinal plants (MPs) are an important component of non-timber forest products (NTFPs), which are traditionally used in healthcare and source of livelihood all over the world. In an over-populated country like Bangladesh, the pressure on natural forests is immense; thus the cultivation of MPs can significantly contribute towards improving the live...
The role of co-management in changing paradigms is very much a political process. This new framework can facilitate and enable greater local community engagement and institutional development. The positive outcomes of the co-management practice in Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary, Bangladesh are the primary grounding of the concept that managed to create...
In the context of renewed interest in collaboration in natural resource management, the collaborative governance approach has lately been introduced to the forest Protected Areas (PAs) in Bangladesh. The adoption of this co-management approach is seen as an attempt to influence the governance process towards a transformation from the conventional c...
Establishment of Protected Areas (PAs), in the face of rapid deforestation, forest degradation and climate change has been one of the key efforts in conservation of biodiversity worldwide in recent times. While Bangladesh has gained a degree of prominence in the world for its successful social forestry programs, the concept of collaborative protect...
The conservation of biodiversity is developing into one of the biggest challenges of the century. Rapidly declining forests and the degradation of wild habitats are a direct result of a lack of public awareness and participation in the process of conservation. However, in small land areas in undeveloped countries characterised by high population de...
Community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) is a rather recent and widely promoted, and hence, accepted paradigm for managing protected areas in most developing countries. Protected area managers in Bangladesh face challenges because of the complex sociocultural and political dynamics that result from the high population densities and extre...
The reed forest of the Sylhet region is of enormous ecological and socioeconomic importance but has been rapidly eroded in recent years. The present research focuses on the extent and dynamics of dependency of local people on the forest, the socioeconomic impact on the reed forest resources, challenges and problems of biodiversity management, and p...
Protected areas (PAs) represent a key global strategy in biodiversity conservation. In tropical developing countries, the management of PAs is a great challenge as many contain resources on which local communities rely. Collection and trading of non-timber forest products (NTFPs) is a well-established forest-based livelihood strategy, which has bee...
Medicinal plants (MP) are a vital component of non-timber forest products (NTFP) and play a significant role in the health care of rural people all over the world. Collection of MP is also making an important contribution to poor people’s livelihood, but in countries with high population density, like Bangladesh, the pressure on natural forests is...
Growth performance of Tectona grandis coppice was investigated under different canopy openings which is an important reforestation tool. Removal of single tree was done for small canopy opening; two trees for medium, and clear felling for large canopy opening. It was observed that, canopy opening did not affect survival rate and number of sprouts....
A number of International Conventions, Treaties, and Protocols (ICTPs) have been produced around the world for years and decades, and Bangladesh has signed a number of ICTPs after independence in 1971. Although all those are inevitable, often the importance is not of the same magnitude. Like many other developing countries Bangladesh is also not in...
Moisture content, and tangential, radial and longitudinal shrinkage, and basic density were assessed in samples of wood from near the centre of the cross-section at three different heights in 25-y-old jhau (Casuarina equisetifolia). The mean initial moisture content was 41% in the butt log, 40% in the centre log and 48% in the crown log. Mean tange...
It has been unequivocally established that medicinal plants and associated knowledge play a significant role in the general welfare of the upland communities of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. Notwithstanding the recognition, however, organised research on indigenous medicinal plants and knowledge has been strikingly limited. This local w...
This study explores the current situation, trends, problems and prospects of rattan-based furniture industry in the northeastern part of Bangladesh. The research mainly focuses on issues such as procurement and management of rattan in the study area and its role as raw material in cottage industry as well as income generation for local communities....
It has been unequivocally established that medicinal plants and associated knowledge play a significant role in the general welfare of the upland communities of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. Notwithstanding the recognition, however, organised research on indigenous medicinal plants and knowledge has been strikingly limited. This local w...
Held in Rio de Janeiro, the UN Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) 1992, more popularly coined as the Earth Summit, has been a milestone for many reasons. First, it has substantially reshaped the global development agenda, and popularized the concept and practice of 'sustainable development'. Secondly, this has led to a renewed impetu...
The present study aimed at development of growth and yield prediction models for hybrid acacia using simultaneous equation method. Models were selected for the species to estimate the stand height, stand dominant height, stand diameter, stand basal area per hectare and total volume yield per hectare. Paired t-test, 45-degree line test, percent abso...
The reed forests that are the subject of this study are scattered over five thanas of the Sunamganj and Sylhet Districts of
the Sylhet Division of Bangladesh. Their total area is 23,590 ha and they have great ecological, economic, commercial and
socio-economic importance due to the diversified resources they supply. However, the forests are commonl...
