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Biodiversity of Tanguar Haor: a Ramsar Site of Bangladesh BIODIVERSITY OF TANGUAR HAOR: About IUCN IUCN, International A RAMSAR SITE OF BANGLADESH Union for Conservation of Nature, helps the Volume I: Wildlife (Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals) world find pragmatic solutions to our most pressing environment and development challenges. IUCN works on biodiversity, climate change, energy, human livelihoods and greening the world economy by supporting scientific research, managing field projects all over the world, and bringing governments, NGOs, the UN and companies together to develop policy, laws and best practice. IUCN is the world's oldest and largest global environmental organization, with more than 1,200 government and NGO members and almost 11,000 volunteer experts in some 160 countries. IUCN's work is supported by over 1,000 staff in 45 offices and hundreds of partners in public, NGO and private sectors around the world. www.iucn.org Biodiversity of Tanguar Haor: A Ramsar Site of Bangladesh Volume I: Wildlife (Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals) Biodiversity of Tanguar Haor: A Ramsar Site of Bangladesh Volume I: Wildlife (Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds and Mammals) Research and Text A. B. M. Sarowar Alam Mohammad Shahad Mahabub Chowdhury Dr. Istiak Sobhan Technical Editor Dr. Reza Khan Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad Md. Aminur Rahman The designation of geographical entities in this book, and the presentation of the material, do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of IUCN concerning the legal status of any country, territory, administration, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The views expressed in this publication are authors' personal views and do not necessarily reflect those of IUCN. This book is published with financial support received from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) under the 'Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor Project, phase-II' of Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) of Government of Bangladesh. Published by: IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Copyright: © 2012 IUCN, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources Reproduction of this publication for educational or other non-commercial purposes is authorized without prior written permission from the copyright holder provided the source is fully acknowledged. Reproduction of this publication for resale or other commercial purposes is prohibited without prior written permission of the copyright holder. Citation: Alam, A.B.M.S., Chowdhury, M.S.M. and Sobhan, I. 2012. Biodiversity of Tanguar Haor: A Ramsar Site of Bangladesh Volume I: Wildlife, IUCN Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Pp. xi+234. ISBN: 978-984-33-5057-2 Layout: Sheikh Asaduzzaman Cover Photo: Fishing Cat,Baer's Pochard, Peacock Softshell Turtle and Common Tree Frog Cover Photo by: Monirul Khan, Ronald Halder, A.B.M. Sarower Alam and Reza Khan Design by: Intent Design, www.intentdesign.net Available from: IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Bangladesh Country Office House 11, Road 138, Gulshan 1 Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh Tel: 880-2-9890423, 9890395 Fax: 880-2-9892854 E-mail: [email protected] www.iucn.org/bangladesh Contributors Md. Hasibur Rahman Shahriar Rahman Marufa Sultana M.M. Abdullah-Al-Mamun Mohammad Abul Kalam Azad Alison Darcy Md. Wasim Newaz vii Preface Wetlands are amongst the Earth's most productive ecosystems. In Bangladesh these are of great importance because of the extensive food webs and rich biodiversity they support. In the past, wetlands have been undervalued. However, in recent times, awareness increases of the fact that natural wetlands provide many services toward mankind through various functions, products e.g., fish, fuelwood, timber, rice, and attributes i.e., biodiversity, aesthetic beauty, cultural heritage and archaeology. Bangaldesh's most important freshwater wetlands occur in the Hoar Basin apart from the Ganges- Brahmaputra delta, which is low lying plains in eastern Mymensingh and western Sylhet Divisions, in the north-eastern part of the country. Tanguar haor is located in two Upazillas (sub-districts) namely Tahirpur and Dharmapasha of Sunamganj district in Sylhet Division. The Tanguar Haor basin, which is an area of 10,000 hectares of land, also supports about 60,000 populations with its resources. Tanguar haor has outstanding conservation value, being a natural freshwater wetlands in the country,seasonally harbouring up to 60,000 migratory waterfowl along with many resident birds, more than 140 fish species and last vestiges of swamp forest. But the floral and faunal diversity of Tanguar Haor is under extensive threat because of unsustainable use of resources. In 1999, Government of Bangladesh declared the Tanguar Haor Basin as an “Ecologically Critical Area” to highlight its ecological importance and to monitor its environmental quality. In 2000, the haor basin was declared as the country's second RAMSAR site – wetland of international importance. With the declaration of Tanguar Haor as a RAMSAR site, government has its commitment to preserve the ecosystem and floral and faunal diversity including its migratory birds from illegal hunters. Government developed a comprehensive management plan – the Tanguar Haor Management Plan (THMP), which envisaged 'wise use' of its natural resources vis-à -vas a plan to uplift economic conditions of the local people. Importance were given to aware local community for preserving the natural resources and biodiversity and eventually protect it from degradation and overexploitation. On the above context, IUCN Bangladesh has taken an initiative to carry out this recent study on biodiversity under the project ''Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor''. The project is being implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Forest through IUCN Bangladesh Country Office with financial assistance from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). As an outcome of the project this book is to share information on threatened and most important biodiversity with the local community in Tanguar Haor. This is an expectation of IUCN Bangladesh that the book will be of immense help to monitor changes of important floral and faunal diversity of the Tanguar Haor. We also hope that this book help local people of Tanguar Haor to categorize, understand flora and fauna, watch and take conservation initiatives by stopping overexploitation, hunting, poaching of natural resources. On the other hand, this book will also be a great source of material for the researchers who are currently or in future will continue their study on flora and fauna of Tanguar Haor. Dhaka March 2012 Ishtiaq Uddin Ahmad Country Representative IUCN Bangladesh viii Acknowledgements IUCN Bangladesh would like to acknowledge the support from Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) for carry out the project “Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor, Phase-II''. We express our sincere gratitude to the Ministry of Environment and Forest for giving us the opportunity for conducting this recent study on biodiversity under this project. We would like to express our gratitude to Nur Ali, President, Central Committee of Tanguar Haor Community (CCC) and also the Chairman of four Union Committee (UCCs). Thanks should be given to Mohammad Yamin Chowdhury, Deputy Commissioner of Sunamganj for his kind guidance and support in conducting the study. The assistance of a number of persons had been essential during compilation and preparation of this book. We specially acknowledge Enam al Haque, Dr. S.M.A. Rashid, Dr. Ronald Halder, Dr. M. Monirul Hasan Khan, Suprio Chakma, Sayam U. Chowdury, Samiul Mohsanin, Saniar Rahman Rahul, CM Reza, Sourav Mahmud, Thouhidur Rahman, Tania Khan, Philip D. Round, Nick Dimond, Kevin, Bill, Quazi Ahmed Hussain, Munir Ahmed, M. Ahsanul Haq Khokan, and relevant staff of IUCN for their valuable suggestions and guidance and also permit us to use their own collected photos of different species from Tanguar Haor in this book. Special thanks for all staff of Tanguar Haor project. We humbly acknowledge the contribution of Bangladesh Bird Club (Bbc) for providing waterfowl census data conducted in different years of Tanguar Haor . Dhaka March 2012 Research Team ix Acronyms, Abbreviation and Glossary Bbc Bangladesh Bird Club beel more or less permanent bodies of water that remain in haors or floodplains during the dry season BNH Bangladesh National Herbarium CBD Conservation on Biological Diversity CBSTP Community Based Sustainable Management of Tanguar Haor Project CWBMP Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project ECAMU Ecologically Critically Management Unit FGD Focus Group Discussion GoB Government of Bangladesh GRIS Global Resistance on Invasive Species haor Backswamps or bowl shaped depressions between the natural levees of a rever, that are fooded every year by monsoonal floods from April until October haor basin A low lying region in northeastern Bangladesh where most of the country's haors occur IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature Kandas Hillocks,levees or (artificial)mounds, often used for habitation Khal Small channel (natural/ artificial) Khas land Government land MoEF Ministry of Environment and Forests NCS National Conservation Strategy NCSIP National Conservation Strategy Implementation Programme NCSIP NCS Implementation Project No.1 NERP Northeast Regional Water Management Project NERP Northeast Regional Water Management Project (FAP 6) NGO Non Government Organization Ramsar site Wetland
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