The Failure Of Existing Environmental Laws In Preventing The Transformation Of Forestlands Into Commercial, Residential And Agricultural Lands In Bangladesh: Way Out
Shoud Bin Alam & Amina Sarwar
ABSTRACT
In order to ensure the sustainability of human beings the necessity of natural resources is mandatory. Bangladesh is comparatively a small but naturally enriched country. One of the most important natural resources of this country is its forestlands. But due to mismanagement and failure to implement the existing environmental laws a large portion of these forestlands are either diminished or grabbed and transformed into commercial, residential or agricultural lands. This study concentrates at finding out the actual reasons behind such transformation and tries to suggest some functional legal ways to decrease the destruction and illegal transformation of the forestlands of Bangladesh. Another important objective of this research is to find out the role played by the government in preserving the forestlands of Bangladesh.
Keywords: Forestlands, transformation, environmental laws, natural resource, enforcement
Date of Submission: 02.10.2021
Date of Acceptance: 10.12.2021
Date of Publishsing: 05.01.2022
