Bangladesh Forest Department

Forest Department established 1870 during British Raj; Bangladesh assumed stewardship post-independence 1971. Legal basis is the Forest Act 1927 (as inherited and amended 1989, 2000), which remains the primary operative statute; the Wildlife Conservation and Protection Bill passed April 10, 2026 replaces the Wildlife (Conservation and Security) Act 2012 and gives BFD updated enforcement tools -- it is not yet gazetted as an Act. Head office: Mohakhali, Dhaka. Chief Conservator of Forests Md. Amir Hosain Chowdhury appointed March 25, 2020 (confirmed in role as of January 2026 per IUCN contract signing). The 25-crore (250 million) tree pledge is a BNP election manifesto commitment now government policy under Environment Minister Abdul Awal Mintoo; the Forest Department is the implementing agency. Most recent Sundarbans tiger census (2024 survey, published October 2024): 125 adult tigers at 2.64/100 km² density, up from 114 (2018) and 106 (2014); a new 2026 census is reportedly being planned by Indian Sundarbans authorities but no Bangladesh BFD 2026 survey was confirmed in sources as of May 2026. Mangrove plantation programme: BFD has planted >200,000 ha cumulatively since 1960s; FY2026 targets 200 ha new coastal char plantations. Annual budget for BFD alone not found in public sources; parent ministry MoEFCC FY2025-26 allocation is Tk 2,144 crore per the ministry JSON already in this dataset. staff_count: not published in any accessible source as of verification date. CITES national authority: the Forest Department is the designated Management Authority for Bangladesh under CITES. Activity evidence hold: removed 3 exact generated refresh event(s) on read. Generated scores, positions, activity actions and verification stamps are unavailable. Retained events and unmatched action text require source review; original raw records are unchanged.