The EIA of the study area was carried out following the Government of Bangladesh (GOB) approved EIA Guideline, collection of secondary data should be done through literature review. The multi-disciplinary EIA team should visit the area for intensive consultation with the forest expert and stakeholders. The Sundarbans issues of physical as well as environment should be studied through professional observation of the multi-disciplinary EIA team numbers backed up by feedback from the local people during the field visits. The Sundarbans issues should be taken care of through secondary information and field observations. Environmental impact should be carried out to collect information on basis of the may be primary and field survey data.
2.1. EIA Team Ten Forest Experts (FE), two Divisional Forest Officers (DFO), four Range Officers (RO), six Forest Rangers (FR), sixteen Deputy Forest Rangers (DFR), eleven Foresters (F), fifteen Forest Guards (FG), and twenty eight Forest Boat Men (FBM) of the Sundarbans forest were interviewed to know causes of forest degradation, weakness of present management and their mitigation in sustainable way. Thirty-three Forest Wood Cutters (FWC), thirty- five Forest Bawali (FB), thirty Forest Mawali (FM) and thirty five Local People (LP) of the Sundarbans forest around the Sundarbans were interviewed to get the peoples.
2.2. Environmental Baseline Information in the Study Area The environmental baseline condition in the area was prepared based of the Sundarbans investigations, field visits, and consultation with local people. The baseline should include description of Shrimp culture, top dying, wood extraction, and oil spilling from super tank and ship and socio-economic condition including identification of problems in respect of these resources. A series of field visits should be carried in the study area. The main objective of these visits is to identify the Important Environmental and Social Components IECs through a scoping process including scoping sessions. The visits should also aim at discussion with local people as suggested in the EIA guidelines about the Sundarbans. Baseline information includes physico- Chemical, biological and human aspect of the Sundarbans area- i) physico-Chemical: This includes information on land, soil quality, surface water, ground water etc. ii) Biological information includes on terrestrial and aquatic flora and fauna populations and their communities; iii) Human aspects information includes healthy and safety, socioeconomics etc. Additional data were obtained through primary sources which included: a) Field monitoring and b) Field survey.
2.3. Monitoring Plan Monitoring plan should consider the important, the Sundarbans components likely to be impacted by the Forest. The monitoring plan should include suggestions on data to be collected, processed, analyzed and interpreted to detect changes taking place in the impacted area. Location and frequency of data collection on each indicator along with institutional arrangement of environmental monitoring should be suggested in the monitoring plan. The following monitoring measures have been proposed for the sustainable and eco-friendly Sundarbans and it impact on Environment in the study area.
2.3. Primary Data Collections Informal interviews: to assess the Sundarbans situation informal interviews made with relevant person and communities which are affected by developmental activities of the Sundarbans. Site visits: Site visit was helped to identify many of the important environmental components like to be affected by the developmental activities of the Sundarbans. These include soil characteristics, land degradation, land type, vegetation, water regime, quality of life etc.