Biodiversity conservation strategies in Bangladesh: The state of protected areas

Over the past few decades, biodiversity has become the issue of global concern due to its rapid reduction worldwide. It is also widely supposed that it is the poorest people of most developing countries, who depend most immediately upon local ecosystems for their livelihoods, that will be most affected by the consequences of this biodiversity loss (CBD, 2006). It is, therefore, essential to conserve this threatened biodiversity for the well being of these people. To date, various programs and strategies have been undertaken to tackle this problem at both national and regional levels. Governments throughout the world have been strengthening their conservation capacity by developing and adopting various policies, legislations and innovative approaches.