SEHD :: The Society for Environment and Human Development

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Publication of SEHD's research findings, investigative reports and survey outputs has become one of its major activities. In some exceptional cases it has published materials produced by others. The SEHD publications that stand out with distinctions are briefly described here.
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	STOLEN FORESTS (Photography Book)
	Bangla Language, Literature and Cultural Movement
	Handbook on Election Reporting , Third Edition
	Bangladesh Environment: Facing the 21st Century
	The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Life and Nature at Risk
	Bangladesher Bopinno Bon
	The Last Forests of Bangladesh
	Bon, Bonbinash O Bonobasir Jibon Shangram
	Sex-workers in Bangladesh, Livelihood: At What Price?
	Bangladeshe Jounata Bikri: Jiboner Dame Kena Jibika
	Parbotto Chattagrame Jumchash
	Bangladesh: Land, Forest and Forest People
	Bon O Boner Adhibasi
	Jatyio Adivasi Goltable Baithak [ Bangla ] [ English ]
	The Case of Forests, Ethnic Communities and Tea Workers of Bangladesh
	The Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000 and the (draft) Social Forestry Rules, 2000
	Lather Industry: Environmental Pollution and Mitigation Measures
	The Reporter's Guide: Handbook on Election Reporting
	The CCHRB Election Observation Report: The Eighth Parliamentary Elections 2001
	Reporting Guide
	A Guide to NGO-Business Partnerships
	Survey report: Discrepancies in Census and Socio-economic Status of Ethnic Communities
	Survey Report: Shrimp Fry Collection and Its Trade
	Survey Report: Health Of The Tannery Workers
	Catalogue - Cry of the Forest: The forest and her children—images of pain
	Posters and Postcards
	Magazines : Dharitri (Bangla) and Earth Touch (English)

Critique
The Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000 and the (draft) Social Forestry Rules, 2000

The critique presents critical position and insights of the environmentalists and ethnic communities of Bangladesh on the "Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000" and the "(draft) Social Forestry Rules, 2000". The stated intention of the amendment act passed by the parliament in 2000 and the resulting rules is to promote "social forestry".

But the environmentalists and Adivasis complain that commercial and industrial plantations have been established in the name of "social forestry". They have termed the "Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000" and the "(draft) Social Forestry Rules, 2000" "anti-people, anti-environment and anti-national interest" and rejected the new laws in public. With information, photographs and reflections, the critique helps one understand the opposition of the environmentalists and ethnic communities to laws passed by the parliament and backed by the donors.

The critique compiles workshop report, its resolution and two papers: (i) A CRITIQUE TO THE FOREST (AMENDMENT) ACT OF 2000 AND THE (DRAFT) SOCIAL FORESTRY RULES OF 2000 by Raja Devasish Roy and Dr. Sadeka Halim and (ii) BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT TO THE FOREST (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2000 AND THE (DRAFT) SOCIAL FORESTRY RULES, 2000 by Philip Gain.

Editing and photography by Philip Gain
Published May 2001
80 pages in offset Price: Tk.75 US$5

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