"The nature does not need you, but you need the nature"
Bangladesh is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world due to its geographical location. Natural calamities like cyclones, tidal waves, and floods hit the country every year. Climate change is increasing the incidence of cyclones, tidal waves, and floods; at the same time, sea level rise, heavy rainfall, lack of rain, drought, and river erosion are increasing alarmingly.
Besides, the intrusion of salt water is increasing in coastal areas. In order to tackle these problems, Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation has launched the "Climate-friendly Tree Plantation" project. This project was inaugurated on 6th September 2022 by planting a seedling of a tree at the Kabi Nazrul Park, Jadavpur, Tangail.
Reducing carbon dioxide in the air, protecting from cyclones, ensuring clean environment, economic prosperity, and safeguarding biodiversity.
To implement the project Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) has been adopting the following strategies:
♣ Skill Development: Developing the skills of the concerned manpower and beneficiaries involved with the project through training.
♣ Encouragement: Encouraging common people to plant trees around their habitations and in private fallow lands and implement the project with the help of local govt. bodies e.g. union parishad and upazila parishad (sub-district).
♣ Creating nurseries through making entrepreneurs: Creating nurseries through making entrepreneurs from the beneficiaries through advanced training.
♣ Motivation and dissemination: Arranging meeting, seminar, tree fair and disseminating through leaflet, banner, poster, animation, drama, video exhibition, cultural programmes, social media, mass media etc.
The following trees have been selected for the climate-friendly tree plantation project.
Pride of India/Jarul (Lagerstroemia speciosaI), Black cutch/Khair (Senegalia catechu), White Siris/Karai (Albizia procera), Siris Tree (Albizia lebbeck), Neem (Azadirachta indica), Mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), Red silk-cotton tree/Shimul (Bombax ceiba), Chebulic myrobalan/Haritaki (Terminalia chebula), Sal tree (Shorea robusta), Earleaf acacia/Akashmoni (Acacia auriculiformis), East African mahogany/Lombu (Khaya anthotheca), Golden Shower Tree/Sonalu (Cassia fistula), Arjun tree (Terminalia arjuna), Karoch (Dalbergia reniformis), Burflower-tree/Kadam (Neolamarckia cadamba), Wild Almond/Hijal (Barringtonia acutangula), False white teak/Pituli (Mallotus nudiflorus), Teak/Segun (Tectona grandis), White Teak/Gamhar (Gmelina arborea), Garjan (Dipterocarpus turbinatus), Chaplaish (Artocarpus chaplasha), Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis), Ironwood/Lohakath (Xylia xylocarpa), Civit tree (Swintonia floribunda), Telshur/White thingan (Hopea odorata), Agar wood (Aquilaria malaccensis), Coral Wood/Rokton (Adenanthera pavonina), Blackboard tree/Chatim/Saptaparni (Alstonia scholaris), Almond Nut Tree (Terminalia catappa), Gaub (Diospyros peregrina), Betel Nut Palm/Supari (Areca catechu), Date (Phoenix sylvestris), Cashew nut Tree/Kaju Badam (Anacardium occidentale), Wood Apple/Bel (Limonia acidissima), Hog Plum Tree/Aamra (Spondias pinnaata), Mango (Mangifera indica), Black plum/Jamun Tree (Syzygium cumini), Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus), Lychee (Litchi chinensis), Elephant wood apple Tree/Kadbel (Limonia acidissima), Rambai/Lotkon (Baccaurea motleyana), Sapodilla/Sofeda (Manilkara zapota), Elephant Apple/Chalta (Dillenia indica), Olive (Olea europaea), Pomelo/Jambura (Citrus maxima), Coconut Tree (Cocos nucifera), Tamarind (Tamarindus indica), Indian gooseberry/Amlaki (Phyllanthus emblica), Monkey Jack Tree/Deuya (Artocarpus lacucha) and Palmyra Palm/Taal (Borassus flabellifer).
Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) has been working to implement tree plantation project in every union of 64 districts of Bangladesh.
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Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation (BONDHU) is a non-political, non-profit, non-government voluntary and social organization established in 2015. BBF is based on seven pillars: Humanism, Efficiency, Transparency, Honesty, Sincerity; Equality for all people irrespective of gender, religion, race & ethnicity, and Love for nature.
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