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Dr.A.S.M.Helal Siddiqui
Senior Research Officer
Mangrove Silviculture Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Mangrove Bhaban, Muzgunni, Khulna-9000

NTFPs have made a major contributions to the Bangladesh agrarian economy and numerous economic and socio-physiological benefits with the employment generation and security of regular earning, its has recognizable authenticity. These assets of the Sundarbans directly provides – Income generation, Employment, Poverty Elevation, Socio economic development, Macro economic benefit, Micro level economic benefit, Socio-physiological benefit, Environmental protection & Socio cultural development. For better management & implementing new policy in forest conservation and NTFPs developments and sustainable yield the above mentioned corresponding technical parameters and development criteria can be implemented and considered for the planners.

Harvesting and Management

 No specific felling rule has been prescribed. It is harvested under miscellaneous permit. It demand has been increased considerably. Hantal contribute a handsome revenue to the Forest Department. Quantity and revenue.

Hogla (Typha elephantina) It grows on the swampy and newly accreted land of the Sundabans. It is one kind of grass vegetation.

Utility

  • Used for making woven utensils, mat, housing and handicraft.
  • Leaflet used to weave hats, umbrella, raincoat, basket, mat and bags.
  • Play an important role in successional change.

Harvesting and Management: It is harvested through miscellaneous permit every year, It provides few revenue from the Sundarbans Forest Division.

Grasses

There are many important grasses in the Sundarbans, These are Sun-grass (Saccharum sp), Nalkhagra(Phragmites karka), Male(Cyperus javanicus), Ullukhar(Imperata arundinaceae), Shon(Saccharum officinalis) etc. It is found to occur in Kotka, Kochekhaly, Panirghat, Sannasir char, Talbariarchar and some other new and raised land areas.

Utility

  • Mainly used for thatching materials.
  • Fencing materials.
  • Roof trusses.
  • Broom making
  • Firing and
  • shade for betel leave farming

Extraction and Management

These are harvested annually through miscellaneous permit issuing by the Sundarbans Forest Division during winter season and fetches some revenue form the resources.

Shells and Oysters

Shells and Oysters are one of the most common minor produce from the Sundarbans rivers and Char land. It is collected huge quantity from the beach area from the Sundarbans.

Utility and Importance

  • Used as – Lime, Fertilizer, Fishmeal.
  • Export potentialities.
  • Expansion of cottage industries.
  • Souvenirs

Extraction

It is extracted permit basis and earns a huge revenue. of the resources annually from the Sundarbans. It provides income to local inhabitants who sell them tourists as souvenirs. Sundarbans Division has no effective control on processing and export of these NTFPs.    

Crab, Shrimp and Dry-fishes

Sundarbans water supports 27 families and 53 species of pelagic fish, 49 families and 124 species of demersal fish, 5 families 24 species of shrimp, 2 families and 7 species of crab, 2 species of gastropod, 6 species of pelecypods, 8 species of locust lobster and 1 family and 3 species of turtle and 30 species of snakes.

Sundarbans inshore and offshore fishery constitutes estuarine has been known nationally and internationally.

Utility

  • Food
  • Medicine
  • Trade expansion
  • Employment
  • Transportation                  

Annual Extraction

These are collected by local fishermen and forest department earn an good deal of revenue. The most attractive shrimp and crab fig-7 is exported to USA, Belgium, Japan, UK, Netherlands, Singapore and other countries. Bagda and Golda shrimp has revolutionized the harvesting fish from the Sundarbans. Dry fish (fig-6) collection begins from September – October and continue up to March and earns a lot of revenue.

Honey and Bee wax

Honey and Bee wax are one of the important NTFPs in mangrove forest. Khalshi (Aegiceras corniculatum), Gewa (Excoecarea agallocha), Baen (Avicennia officinalis), Goran (Ceriops decandra), Amoor (Amoora cuculata) etc. are most common honey producing plants in Sundarbans. The Bees collect honey during the month of February to June.

Utility

  • It is a source of Vitamins and Minerals.
  • Honey used as – Medicine, Drinks, Energetic food etc.

Management and Extraction

Honey is naturally collected in the bee hives from the Sundarbans forest in  a large quantity annually. Honey permits are issued in 1st week of April and continue up to June. Annual extraction and revenue.

 

 

  National Economy, Role of NWFPs, Management Practices, Sundarbans,
  The Sundarbans Reserved Forest
  
  
  Socio-economic and Policy
  Management
  • To know ecological conservation of the resources.
  •  To create future  prospect and prosperity of these resources.
  •  To improve collective and preventive action.
  •  To improve and control of inspection.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 Relevant literatures were reviewed. The frequent field visit, observation and talking to the wood cutters, Bawalies, Mouwalies and fishermen the information were collected. Official data were also collected from the Sundarbans Forest Division  in different aspect and resources as per need with a view to prepare this assignment for conservation of the resources, creating future  prospect and prosperity of these resources,  preventive action and improvement and control of inspection.

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Paper presented in in the IUFRO seminar;Helal Siddiqui, A.S.M.(2000). Sundarbans, role of NWFPs in National Economy and Management Practices. Proceedings of the XXI-IUFRO World Conference on Forests and Society ;The Role of Research:7-12 August 2000,Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, vol.-3; 281-282 pp.
  
Funding Source:
1.   Budget:  N/A
2.   Budget:  N/A
   N/A

Developing  Criteria

Developing criteria and implementation of strategies of the important natural mangrove  resources of Bangladesh with a view to-

  • Ecological conservation of the resources.
  • Large or small scale utility of the resources.
  • Sufficient production and utilization.
  • Overcoming proper commercial advantage of the resources.
  • Diversification of products with new practices of research. 
  • New approaches of operational and improving need and familiarization of the resources within the clients and communities.
  • Creating future  prospect and prosperity of these resources.
  • Coastal protection by dispersing the tidal bores and high tides and multipurpose facilities development.
  • Concise form of production for domestic need of the people.
  • Source of employment, income generation, raw materials for cottage and handicraft.
  • Source of food and fodder for livestock, medicine, housing and farm implements. 
  • Extraction strategy reshuffling.
  • Harvesting design control and new line extra supervision.
  • Corrective and preventive action.
  • Control of inspection.
  • Control of documents, data, BLC and quality records.
  • Statistical techniques development.
  • Ensure optimum utilization of the NTFPs as per need of the clients.
  • Marketing, transporting and processing development.
  • Illicit cuttings monitoring and control.
  • Staff, Cutters, traders and consumers training.
  • Implementation of insurance policy among the related people.
  • Reduction of accident within the Sundarbans both staff, honey collecors, cutters and traders.
  • Creation of environmental awareness of the respective professionals.

Planning  Process

  • Support of research and training.
  • Integration into regional, land use and NTFPs planing.
  • Development of awareness on silviculture, forest management, NTFPs planing and environmental succession.
  • Strengthening of local group for knowledge about all aspect of the forest resources.
  • Information  collection and awareness building.
  • Introduction of ownership rights.
  • Development of public relation and education.
  • Initiation of NTFPs processing.
  • Development of marketing and exporting of NTFPs at national and international level.
  • Field Training and supervision in the local level – farmers, women-farmers, the land less, herdsmen and women, local traders and related professional personnel.
  • Participatory program initiation through motivation of local concern people.
  • Co-ordination among with private organizations ie. NGOs and government personnel for processing, marketing, implementation for sustainable yield.
  • Development of methodology for collection, transportation, extraction, processing and preservation of NTFPs.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Report/Proceedings
  


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