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Second
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Bangladesh: Land, Forest and
Forest People
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Land is like gold in Bangladesh. Per capita cultivable land in the country is about 20 decimals, which is one of the lowest in the world. Forest, another vital need of Bangladesh is also very limited. In 1927, when the Indian Forest Act of 1878 was revised and which is still in force in the Indian sub-continent, Bangladesh was around 20 per cent covered by forests. But the cover has now shrunk to about 6%. Per capita forestland in Bangladesh has come down to .022 hectares, which is said to be the lowest in the world. The annual deforestation rate in the country is alarming-3.3% compared to 0.6% in South Asia.
Miserably limited forest resources and rapid deforestation have severe impacts on the forest-dwelling ethnic people. Plantations and other development activities are making their life difficult instead of giving them economic salvation. Who is responsible for this precarious condition? Who can save the last stands and the forest people? How do the forest people relate to the trees? What are their rights?
A host of contributors have attempted to provide answers to these questions in the book, BANGLADESH: LAND, FOREST AND FOREST PEOPLE. The writers who include anthropologists, environmentalists, lawyers, journalists and human rights activists have all merged into one voice: Bangladesh's forest and forest people need care and protection. One main focus of the book is on how the indigenous people of the forests are the right custodians of the last remaining biological resources in the forests.
The areas covered in the book are Ethnic Communities of Bangladesh by Dr. Kibriaul Khaleque; Forest and Forest People of Bangladesh by Philip Gain; Land Rights, Land Use and Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts by Raja Devasish Roy; Traditional Land Rights: Conflict of Traditions by Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque; Thwarting the Indigenous Custodians of Bio-diversity by Kabita Chakma and Glen Hill; The Paharias in a Changing Society by Father Stephen Gomes; The Cultural World of the Adivasis of Bangladesh by Mizanur Rahman; and Struggle of the Indigenous Peoples for Cultural and Political Rights by Brother Jarlath D' Souza.
Edited by Philip Gain
Published 1998 (second edition) and 1995 (first edition)
186 pages(second edition) in offset
Price:Tk.250 US$10
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