Forest Department conducted inventories at national and sub-national level under different projects to know the status, prepare the management plans and reports. Below tables are showing the inventories conducted in different times at the national and sub-national level since sixties.
National Forest and Tree Resources Assessment
Year |
Title |
Ground Inventory |
Country Coverage |
Thematic cover |
Source |
2007 |
National Forest and Tree Resources Assessment |
2005-2006 |
Whole Country |
Forest and tree cover area, volume and biomass, species, regeneration |
Bangladesh Forest Department (2007). |
Hill Forest inventories
Year |
Title |
Inventory year |
Country Coverage |
Thematic cover |
Source |
1960 |
Inventory report on Kassalong and Rankhiong Forests |
1958-59 |
Kassalong and Rankhiang Reserve Forests- Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Produced stand and stock tables. Topo maps at 1:15,840 and forest cover maps with contours. |
|
1961 |
“Inventory of Sangu-Matamuhari reserve forests”- Timber extraction by mechanical means from Chittagong Hill Tracts |
1958-59 |
Sangu and Matamuhuri Reserve Forests – Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Produced Working plan for Sangu and Matamuhuri reserve forests for the period 1967-68 to 1986-87. |
|
1983 |
Inventory of the Pulpwood Plantation Division, Kaptai |
1974-81 |
Hill Forests: Kaptai Pulp wood Division, - Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Land, Stocking, increment, Major species. |
|
1984 |
Inventory report |
1982-83 |
Sitapahar Reserve - Chittagong Hill Tracts |
Forest type: plantations and natural forests |
|
1985 |
The Kassalong and Rankhiang Reserved Forests in the Chittagong Hill Tracts |
1982-83 |
Kassalong and Rankhiang Reserved Forests - Chittagong Hill tracts |
Identification of forest changes from 1963. |
De Milde, R., M. Shaheduzzaman, et al. (1985a). |
1985 |
Inventory of the mixed hardwood-teak plantations |
1982-85 |
Plantations: Chittagong and Cox’s Bazar Forest Divisions |
Area by stratum groups and age classes, stock. |
|
1985 |
The High Forest in the Chittagong Districts |
1984-85 |
Chittagong and Cox’sbazar |
Main species, trees per ha., (dbh classes), bamboo, update management plan. |
De Milde, R., M. Shaheduzzaman, et al. (1985b). |
1988 |
Inventory of Forest Resources of Southern Sylhet Forest Division |
1986-87 |
Sylhet Forest Division |
Forest extent, plantations, bamboo, timber producing area. |
Drigo, R., M. Shaheduzzaman, et al. (1988). |
1998 |
Forest Inventory of the Natural Forest and Forest plantations |
1996-97 |
Chittagong, CoxsBazar, and Sylhet, forest division |
Trees per ha., Stock, Major species, regeneration for forest management plan preparation |
Revilla, J. A. V., I. U. Ahmed, et al. (1998a); Revilla, J. A. V., I. U. Ahmed, et al. (1998b); Revilla, J. A. V., I. Ahmed, et al. (1998c). |
Sundarbans Reserved Forest inventories
Year |
Title |
Inventory year |
Country Coverage |
Thematic cover |
Source |
1960 |
Forest Inventory |
1958-59 |
Sundarban –set of maps (scale 2 inches = 1 mile) |
Wood supply for producing paper, preparation of forest cover maps, identification of stocks, main species. |
Forestal (1960). |
1985 |
Forest inventory of the Sundarbans |
1983-84 |
Sundarban –set of maps (scale 1: 50,000: 1cm=50km) |
Main species, stems per ha., mean and total volume. Stand projections and regeneration. Soil sampling. Land area. Forest type map. |
Chaffey, D. R., F. R. Miller, et al. (1985). |
1998 |
Forest Inventory of the Sundarbans Reserved forests |
1996-97 |
Sundarban –set of maps (scale 1:50,000: 1cm=50km) |
Main species, stems per ha., volume , above ground biomass,. Stand projections and regeneration. Forest type map. Species composition. Land area. |
Revilla, J. A. V., I. U. Ahmed, et al. (1998d). |
Coastal afforestation inventories
Year |
Title |
Inventory year |
Country Coverage |
Thematic cover |
Source |
1987 |
The Maturing Mangrove Plantations of the Coastal Afforestation Project |
1986 |
Patuakhali, Noakhali, Barishal and Chittagong North Forest Division |
Extension of forest cover, tree volume per ha., mean annual increment, silvicultural treatment |
Drigo, R., M. A. Latif, et al. (1987). |
1998 |
Forest Inventory of the Coastal Afforestation Divisions |
1996-97 |
Coastal plantations of Coastal districts of Bangladesh |
Trees per ha., Stock, regeneration for forest management plan preparation |
Revilla, J. A. V., I. U. Ahmed, et al. (1998e) |
Sal Forest inventory
Year |
Title |
Inventory year |
Country Coverage |
Thematic cover |
Source |
2001 |
Forest Inventory of the Sal Forests of Bangladesh |
1999-2000 |
Sal Forests of Central and Northwest Bangladesh (Dhaka, Tangail, Mymensingh, Rangpur Divisions) |
Species, dbh, height, regeneration, management classes |
FD (2001). |
Village Forest inventory
Year |
Title |
Inventory year |
Country Coverage |
Thematic cover |
Source |
1980-81 |
Village Forest Inventory of Bangladesh |
1980-81 |
267 village units (all Districts except Chittagong Hills) |
Growing stock of village forests and bamboo, non-wood value trees |
Hammermaster, ET. (1981). |