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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 Trowel and Nadim Naqueeb

And our heartiest thanks to FAO for their support throughout this project.

Goal

To increase the contribution of the EFCC to sustainable development of the country through enhanced provision of ecosystem services

PILLAR 1 Sustainable Natural Resources Management PILLAR 2 Pollution Reduction and Control PILLAR 3 Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation and Resilience PILLAR 4 Environmental Governance, Gender, and Human & Institutional Capacity Development

Country Investment Plan (CIP)

PILLAR 1: Sustainable Development and Management of Natural Resources

Program 1.1 Sustainable Management of Forests Program 1.2 Biodiversity Conservation Program 1.3 Sustainable Management of Wetlands and Rivers Program 1.4 Other Sustainable Land & Water Management

Pillar 2: Environmental pollution prevention and control

Program 2.1 Reduced Industrial Pollution Program 2.2 Reduced Municipal and HH Pollution Program 2.3 Reduced Pollution from Agriculture & Other Sources

Pillar 3: Adaptation, mitigation and resilience to climate change

Program 3.1 Disaster Risk Reduction Program 3.2 Sustainable Infrastructure Development Program 3.3 Mitigation & Low Carbon Development Program 3.4 Community Resiliency Increased

Pillar 4: Environmental governance, gender, human and institutional capacity development

Program 4.1 Improved Legislative and Policy Framework & Implementation Program 4.2 Improved Stakeholder Participation & Gender Equity Program 4.3 Improved Organizational Processes & Capacity

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

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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

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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

3 interventions suggested:

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

Recommendations

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

Thank you