Forestry and Climate Change Sector Presented by: Dr. Feisal Rahman - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Research Master Plan for Environment Forestry and Climate Change Sector Presented by: Dr. Feisal Rahman Research Co-ordinator (ICCCAD) Lecturer (IUB)

Outline  Acknowledgements  Country Investment Plan (CIP)  Objectives of the Research Master Plan (RMP)  Course of Action  Survey findings  Recommendations  Ways Forward

Acknowledgements From left to right clockwise: Feisal Rahman, Dr. Saleemul Huq Saqib Huq Adnan Qader Md. Bodrud-Doza Zion Shaila Mahmud Shababa Haque Special mentions: Alex And our heartiest thanks to FAO for their Trowel and Nadim Naqueeb support throughout this project.

Country Investment Plan (CIP) Goal To increase the contribution of the EFCC to sustainable development of the country through enhanced provision of ecosystem services PILLAR 4 PILLAR 2 PILLAR 3 PILLAR 1 Environmental Sustainable Pollution Climate Change Governance, Reduction and Adaptation, Natural Gender, and Control Mitigation and Resources Human & Resilience Management Institutional Capacity Development

PILLAR 1: Sustainable Development and Management of Natural Resources Program 1.1 Program 1.2 Sustainable Biodiversity Management of Conservation Forests Program 1.4 Program 1.3 Other Sustainable Sustainable Management of Land & Water Wetlands and Management Rivers

Pillar 2: Environmental pollution prevention and control Program 2.3 Program 2.2 Program 2.1 Reduced Pollution Reduced Municipal Reduced Industrial from Agriculture & and HH Pollution Pollution Other Sources

Pillar 3: Adaptation, mitigation and resilience to climate change Program 3.2 Program 3.1 Sustainable Disaster Risk Infrastructure Reduction Development Program 3.4 Program 3.3 Community Mitigation & Resiliency Low Carbon Increased Development

Pillar 4: Environmental governance, gender, human and institutional capacity development Program 4.2 Improved Stakeholder Participation & Gender Equity Program 4.3 Program 4.1 Improved Improved Legislative Organizational and Policy Framework Processes & & Implementation Capacity

9 OBJECTIVES OF THE RMP  Support Science driven policy and actions  Creating Scientific knowledge to support the CIP Pillars  Promoting Action Research  Improving the capacity of researchers and institutions  Institutionalization of research within the CIP  Promote and ensure research ethics  Dissemination of research results

Course of Action Initiation of RMP Development Inception Meeting Questionnaire Survey Data Analysis Draft Report Submission

Survey Question  Is your organisation/department/institution doing research on EFCC issues? If yes, please list the research topics you have done in the last 5 years.  Please list your priority 5-10 research topics (not necessarily ranked) in the Environment Forestry and Climate Change sector (EFCC) in Bangladesh; if you wish you may list more.  Please list the "top 5” organisations (not ranked) amongst different stakeholder groups in the EFCC sector in Bangladesh; if you wish you may choose to list more.

Survey Respondents  Different Stakeholder Groups interviewed • Respondents were from institutions/departments that conduct research on EFCC topics • Survey aimed to collect information on key areas most EFCC research is conducted on and to highlight areas that need more focus

Suggested Research Topics Total Research Topics= 388

Survey Findings

Recommendations 3 interventions suggested:  Establish a Research Council (Forum /Commission)  Improving the quality of research  Knowledge sharing and dissemination (Sci-Pol-Prac Dialogue)

Ways Forward  Brainstorm & Feedback  Potential sources of financing  How to increase stakeholder ‘Buy - in’  Next round of engagements with MoEF and other stakeholders  Highlight Priority areas for research

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