People’s attitude and use of forestland: Co-evolution of forest administration in Bangladesh |
| |
| Authors: | Mohammad Ali M Alamgir Kabir A T M Rafiqul Hoque |
| |
| Institution: | (1) Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, N1G 2W1 Ontario, Canada;(2) Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University, 4331 Chittagong, Bangladesh;(3) Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University, 4331 Chittagong, Bangladesh;(4) Present address: Laboratory of Ecology and Systematics, Biology Division, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyus, 903-0213 Okinawa, Japan |
| |
| Abstract: | This paper explores the influence over time of past policies on people’s attitudes towards the use of forestland in Bangladesh.
The discourses of the attitudes of people were captured from the observed social tradition towards forest resources. Forests
were reserved systematically and solely through the Forest Department. The conservation processes were not participatory,
and rights and tenure were strictly controlled. People were socially excluded and alienated from the forest, and the socio-political
factors stimulated negative attitudes among people. Forests were considered to be government property, and therefore managing
forests was the responsibility of the government. People only used forest resources to meet their own requirements, either
with formal permission or illegally. This situation continued even after the independence of Bangladesh in 1971. As a result,
the forests of Bangladesh have been degraded heavily in recent decades. |
| |
| Keywords: | attitudes to forestry socio-political history archival method colonial rule local resistance |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
