Non-Wood Forest Products of Asia: Knowledge, Conservation and Livelihood

Author:   A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid ,  Niaz Ahmed Khan ,  Mahmood Hossain
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Volume:   25
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9783030993153


Pages:   268
Publication Date:   23 July 2023
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Author:   A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid ,  Niaz Ahmed Khan ,  Mahmood Hossain
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Volume:   25
Weight:   0.444kg
ISBN:  

9783030993153


ISBN 10:   3030993159
Pages:   268
Publication Date:   23 July 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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1. Legal and policy issues sustaining conservation and livelihood through non-wood forest products: A global perspective.- 2. Traditional ecological knowledge in non-wood forest products management and biodiversity conservation: A focus on Chittagong Hill Tracts.- 3. Historical and contemporary reflections on non-wood forest products.- 4. Non-wood forest product of the Sundarbans, Bangladesh: the context of management, conservation and livelihood.- 5. Role of non-wood forest products in Bhutan’s quest for Gross National Happiness: An overview. 6. Non-wood forest products and agroforestry of Sri Lanka: Status, challenges and way forward.- 7. Consumption and marketing pattern of non-wood forest products in a rapidly changing world: Insights from north-east Bangladesh.- 8. Initiatives to enhance sustainability and productivity of bamboo in the Philippines.- 9. Non-wood products of Malaysian mangrove: contribution to livelihood and conservation.- 10. Plants in theTribal life of Arunachal Pradesh with Special Reference to Tangsa Community, India.

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Dr. A.Z.M. Manzoor Rashid is a Professor in the department of Forestry and Environmental Science at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet, Bangladesh. He led the School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences as Dean and the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science as Head in the same university. Dr Rashid achieved substantial working experience with local community while working in the country’s leading development organization named PROSHIKA. Dr Rashid achieved post graduate degrees in Forestry, Environment and Development and Environmental Science from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, Imperial College, UK and Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences (SLU), Sweden and PhD from Western Sydney University, Australia respectively. More than two decades of teaching and working experiences, Dr Rashid has enriched himself with contemporary issues and discourses of natural resources management (NRM) particularly focusing policies, protected area and NRM governance and community development. Several international competitive scholarships and research funds helped him in his research and academic career. His affiliations as researcher have contributed more than 40 articles in national and international peer reviewed journals, two books and 12 book chapters.  Niaz Ahmed Khan, Ph.D (Wales), Post doc. (Oxford) is Pro-Vice Chancellor, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB); Professor and former Chair at the Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka; Senior Academic Adviser, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD); former Senior Program Coordinator-CHT, UNDP-Bangladesh; Distinguished Visiting Researcher, American University of Cairo (AUC), and Country Representative-Bangladesh, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). He has published prolifically (more than 170 refereed publications including some 45 in Web of Science and/or Scopus indexed journals) on suchbroad fields as environment, natural resource management, and social/community development.  Dr. Mahmood Hossain is a Professor of Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline of Khulna University, Bangladesh. Currently he is the Vice-Chancellor of the same university. Dr. Mahmood is working for more than two decades on mangrove ecosystem, forest productivity, and nutrient cycling and has set up commendable footmark on mangrove ecology. Some of his applied perspectives have focused on the stress ecology of mangroves, biomass estimation, and carbon sequestration by the forests. He has published 105 scientific articles and 3 books covering different aspects of mangrove ecosystem, forest inventory and nutrient dynamics. Dr. Mahmood has obtained professional degrees from the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh (BSc. Hons. in Forestry) and University Putra Malaysia (MS Mangrove Ecology and Ph.D. Mangrove Ecology).  

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