Tap forest resources effectively: Hasan
State Minister for Environment and Forests, Dr Hasan Mahmud, urged all to use forest resources effectively for combating the pressure of increasing population of the country.
He was speaking as the chief guest at a programme organised by Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI), Chittagong at its auditorium in the port city yesterday.
Dr Mahmud said two international standard research institutes including one in Chittagong would be established for fighting climate challenges.
Bangladesh is the first among the developing countries to have prepared an action plan for addressing the adverse impacts of climate change, said the minister.
According to him, the government does not await only foreign aid for the climate risk mitigation; rather it allocates sufficient money from its own fund.
Dr Mahmud said the BFRI, Chittagong, which is the only forest research institute in the country, will be developed as the most prestigious institute in the South Asian region.
Considering the human resources crisis in the BFRI, he assured that appointments will be made to the vacant posts.
Later, the minister inaugurated the port city's first green house on the premises of the institute. Dr Mahmud also planted a sapling of a rare species of Bamboo (Dentrocalamus Latiflorus), which is popularly known as giant bamboo on the institute premises.
BFRI, Chittagong Director Dr Mokhlesur Rahman said 28 species of bamboo were in Bangladesh and with this one the number of the bamboo species stands at 29.
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