Healthy forests are critical for livelihoods for forest dependent communities. About 19 million Bangladeshis depend on forests for their livelihoods. Yet, the forest cover is decreasing: the proportion of land under forests in Bangladesh is only 11 percent, which is significantly lower than the Asian average of 26 percent. Forest degradation is primarily caused by clearing for agriculture and infrastructure development, unmanaged fuelwood and timber...
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Bangladesh - Sustainable Forest and Livelihood Project : Improving Forest Coverage for Better Resilience
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World Bank.
Bangladesh - Sustainable Forest and Livelihood Project : Improving Forest Coverage for Better Resilience (English). Bangladesh Project Profile Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099805001042415781