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Towards Inventory and Assessment of Plant Resources of Bangladesh: Challenges and Prospects

Rahman, M. A.
Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This review is to appraise the plant resources of Bangladesh. Contributions to the inventory, flora writing and establishment of National Herbarium in the country are discussed. The progress of Published Flora of Bangladesh since its independence with the family name, the number of genera and species including contributors name is mentioned. Contributions of the botanists of the Dhaka University (DU), Chittagong University (CU), Jahangirnagar University (JU), Rajshahi University (RU), Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Asiatic Society of Bangladesh and other institutions in botanical explorations and inventory of the flora are also mentioned. Assessment of threatened taxa, medicinal plant diversity, new discovery, new records, endemics, and production of Red Data Book is also considered as valuable entries in this study.

Keywords: Plant resource; Inventory; Assessment; Progress; Bangladesh

Location: Department of Botany, University of Chittagong, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Conservation and Biodiversity

Commodity: Diversity

Objectives:

To identify the actual problems on encountering and priority to be given, and to trace out the possible prospects in achieving goals.

Methodology:

Biodiversity loss is the process of losing species resulting from the continuous depletion of plants and animals population in a certain area of the biosphere. Unfortunately, quantifying the rates of species extinction, both at present and historically, is difficult, and predicting future rates with precision is impossible. Documenting definite species extinctions is only realistic under a relatively limited set of circumstances, where a described species is readily visible and has a well-defined range that can be surveyed repeatedly. Unsurprisingly, most documented extinctions are of species that are easy to record (e.g. land snails, birds) and inhabit sites that can be relatively easily inventoried (e.g. oceanic islands). Even then to face the species extinction and to realize the speciation, we shall have to go for proper assessment of the species richness and species evenness in an ecological area of our planet. It is equally important to make an inventory to exercise the procedural tools for species conservation and finally for the conservation of biodiversity. A little attempt is being initiated in the present article as a review- exercise for the plant population of Bangladesh.

Source of Information: J. Biodivers. Conserv. Bioresour. Manag. 2020, 6(1): 47-58

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcbm.v6i1.51331

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Achievement/Findings:

Sufficient trained taxonomists, more research facilities and adequate funding are required for the Herbarium. Participatory Flora project with the university botany departments and BFRI is required for quick inventory. Collaborative research projects with the International Herbaria are to be established for enhancing training facilities and conducting an inventory of the flora on an urgent basis before disappearing of its vulnerable components.

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