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Please tick either which apply: □The written English has been proofread by a native speaker. □I am from an English-speaking country. is published by Japan Society of Forest Planning Filled by the Editorial Board Graduate School of Life and Environmental Science, Kyoto Prefectural University 1-5, Hangi-cho, Shimogamo, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8522, 受付番号 Japan 受付日 受理日 Vol.22, No.1 April, 2017 CONTENTS Articles Perceptions of Local People toward Community Development and Forest Conservation in Bangladesh: The Case of Sal Forests Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruq, Sourovi Zaman and Masato Katoh 1 The Differences of the Light Environment Established in 20 Years between the Monolayered Sowing Slope and the Multilayered Mixed-species Plantation Slope Chiho Shimada, Keiko Nagashima, Kennichi Takada and Kazuhiro Tanaka 15 Guide for Contributors 23 Manuscripts Preparation 24 1 Article Perceptions of Local People toward Community Development and Forest Conservation in Bangladesh: The Case of Sal Forests Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruq＊1, Sourovi Zaman＊2 and Masato Katoh＊1 ABSTRACT During the last few decades, forest resources in most developing countries have declined alarmingly, due to extreme pressure from population and poverty. Bangladesh has lost most of its forests during the last 40 years. Nevertheless, degradation of forest remains a matter of concern, emphasizing the fact that effective conservation of natural resources is possible only with an understanding of the attitudes and perceptions of local community. Community involvement in forest management, a relatively new practice in Bangladesh, was initiated with the dual purpose of limiting forest degradation and enhancing community development. In Bangladesh, many forestry projects have been introduced to manage forest resources involving local communities, although few of them have been sustained. The Forest Department of Bangladesh has implemented a program to conserve forests, by improving the livelihoods of people dependent on forests in the Madhupur Sal area. This study examined the perceptions of local people toward community development and forest conservation, and further analyzed factors that present the changing trends in forest conservation and livelihoods in and around forested areas. We conducted a household survey in the forestry project, surveying 200 community forest workers (CFWs). The CFWs were randomly selected and interviewed, and we analyzed human, physical, financial, natural, and social livelihood capitals. The forest conservation program improved the livelihoods of the local community. The perceptions of the community about the general conditions of the forests, and attitudes of the local population about forest conservation, were improved. Dependence on the forests has also noticeably declined during the last few years. An additional outcome of the management program was empowerment and increased dignity of female participants. Such improvements would likely lead to improvements in livelihoods, as well as more sustainable forest management and conservation. keyword : Forest conservation, community development, participatory management, Sal forest, Bangladesh people and adjacent communities. They also provide a wide INTRODUCTION range of environmental services, including biodiversity conservation, watershed protection, soil protection, and Forests serve as important sources of water, food, global climate change mitigation (Landell-Mills and Porras, shelter, medicine, fuel wood, fodder, and timber for local 2002). However, losses of forests and tree diversity have increased globally at unprecedented rates (Kaimowitz and Angelsen, 1998). In developing countries, the degradation of Affiliations and addresses of the authors: forests has become very severe (Panta et al., 2008; Pelletier et ＊1 Institute of Mountain Science, Faculty of Agriculture, al., 2010). Shinshu University 8304, Minamiminowa-vill, People in most of the developing world depend on Kamiina-Dist., Nagano Prefecture, 399-4598, Japan forests for their livelihood. In the case of a developing ＊2 Assistant professor, Shahid Akbar Ali Science & country such as Bangladesh, the livelihoods of many depend Technology College, Baliadangi, Thakurgaon, on forests, in terms of direct and indirect income, ecotourism, Bangladesh and the collection and sale of wood and non-wood products. However, in many cases, access to natural resources is not Corresponding author: Mohammad Abdullah Al Faruq Postal Address: Institute of Mountain Science, uniform within and between communities (Shackleton et al., Faculty of Agriculture, Shinshu University 8304, 2007). Many local people living in and around forests face high Minamiminowa-vill, Kamiina-Dist., Nagano Prefecture, levels of poverty, with limited work opportunities (Shackletom 399-4598, Japan et al., 2007). However, sustainable use of forest resources Tel: +81-265-77-1642 could provide an opportunity to integrate conservation and E-Mail: [email protected] social development objectives (Sunderlin et al., 2005). J. For. Plann. 22: 1-13 (2017) 2 Mohammad et al. Review of Sal forest realistic issues such as land tenure, sharing benefits, and Among the wooded tracts in Bangladesh, the Madhupur market processes (Ahmed, 2008). The local populations in and Sal forests are located in the greater Mymensingh and around forests have important and long-standing Tangail districts, also known as Madhupur Grath (Rahman, relationships with their forests. Hence, their needs, 2003). Sal forests are considered environmentally and aspirations, and attitudes should be considered in forest economically important (Alam et al., 2008). Sal forest is the management; otherwise, the long-term survival of forested third largest forest ecosystem in Bangladesh (BFD, 2011), areas will be jeopardized (McNeely, 1990). covering an area of about 0.12 million ha representing 4.7% of To this end, the FD launched a new project entitled the total wooded area of the country (GOB, 2010). “Revegetation of Madhupur Forest through Rehabilitation of Sal forests are surrounded by dense populations that Forest-Dependent Local and Ethnic Communities,” with the include ethnic minorities. They have functioned for centuries broad aim of protecting forests, sharing resource as homelands for ethnic communities such as the Garo and management among forest communities, and ensuring Koch (Ahmed, 2008). The once-biodiversity-rich Madhupur secure livelihoods for those dependent on forests. Sal forest has been degrading since 1950. Thousands of The initial 3-year project was initiated in 2010, but was people have become directly and indirectly dependent on this extended to 2015. The FD policy was to identify people who forest, placing it under severe pressure in recent decades were involved in illegal tree felling, provide motivation and from illegal logging and clearing for agriculture and training, and transform the population into guardians of the industrialization, among other threats (BFD, 2004). In forest, as