Steps Toward Forest Landscape Restoration in The Context of The Rohingya Influx: Creating Opportunities to Advance Environmental, Humanitarian, and Development Progress in Bangladesh

Heather Tallis, Cindy Huang, John Herbohn, Karen Holl, Sharif Mukul and Kam Morshed
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Heather Tallis: The Nature Conservancy
Cindy Huang: Center for Global Development
John Herbohn: University of the Sunshine Coast
Karen Holl: Environmental Studies Department, University of California, Santa Cruz
Sharif Mukul: Department of Environmental Management, Independent University Bangladesh
Kam Morshed: BRAC

No 148, Policy Papers from Center for Global Development

Abstract: Since August 2017, over 740,000 Rohingya refugees have fled atrocities and violence in Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. There are now one million Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, comprising about 30 percent of the population. This increase, coupled with immediate needs for fuelwood and shelter, has diminished livelihoods due to deforestation and loss of access to land; soil and slope erosion; fuelwood scarcity and associated risks to safety of people collecting fuelwood; increased encroachment and forest degradation; declining water quality, groundwater reserve depletion, and air pollution; decreasing soil quality; and climate vulnerability. To restore cleared forest areas, and improve human and environmental well-being, international actors must work with the Government of Bangladesh to implement a long-term forest landscape restoration (FLR) plan for Cox’s Bazar. This paper provides a number of recommendations which work towards this goal, focused on: improving efficiency and impact of reforestation investments; improving seedling survival and benefits inside and outside camps; improving disaster resilience and nutrition inside camps; and increasing ecological and social benefits out of camps.

Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2019-07-02
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