ProgramOverview-CFM for SLR-SUFAL-BFD-12052022

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 Contents Background ..................................................................................................................................... 3 Course Objective and Learning Outcomes ..................................................................................... 3 Program Content and Delivery ....................................................................................................... 4 Mode of Delivery ........................................................................................................................... 6 Program Schedule........................................................................................................................... 6 List of Participants .......................................................................................................................... 7 List of Resource Persons and Facilitators ....................................................................................... 8 ATX Course Organizing Team........................................................................................................11 Annex: Program Schedule.............................................................................................................12 2|Page

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 Program Overview Background Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD) has initiated the Sustainable Forests & Livelihoods (SUFAL) Project with an intent to improve collaborative forest management and increase access to alternative income generation activities for forest-dependent communities in targeted sites. This can be achieved by: (i) improving public sector management of forest resources and increasing participation of communities in forest conservation and restoration and, (ii) reducing direct dependence and exploitation of forest resources by offering alternative livelihood sources to dependent communities and improving the enabling environment for trees outside forests. The project is implementing a number of activities grouped under four components. Component 1 (Strengthening Institutions, Information Systems and Training) focusses on improving organizational capacity, administrative and operational procedures, research and information systems and, infrastructure that will enable implementation of other components of the project, and, have wider positive impacts across BFD that last well beyond the project. Whereas Component 2 (Strengthening Collaborative Forests and Protected Areas Management) will finance restoration and afforestation through CFM which will give forest dependent communities a stake in the management of forests and Protected Areas. With the alignment of component 1 & 2, this training program, hence, has been planned from the SUFAL project with focus on transfer of knowledge, attitude, skill and efficiency (KASE) among the Forestry Officials of Bangladesh in the area of CFM and its implication for landscape restoration. The three (03) months professional training program on “Collaborative Forest Management (CFM) for Sustainable Landscape Restoration” is equipped with classroom sessions, exposure visits and research studies for the SUFAL project officials and will be implemented by AIT Extension (AITX) of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) based in Thailand during 12 May – 10 August 2022. The program will be held at AIT Main Campus in Pathumthani and relevant filed visits will be conducted in nearby provinces. Course Objective and Learning Outcomes This training program has been designed to upgrade the forestry officials in their institutional and managerial capacity development on institutionalizing CFM activities, restoration of degraded forests, coastal green belt and field infrastructure, increasing access to alternative income generating activities through CFM based restoration program and achieve sustainability. By the end of this three months training program and research study, participants will have improved knowledge, skills and understanding on the following key areas: • Sustaining forest landscapes through local partnerships • Combatting hunger and climate change through CFM • Empowering local communities to become effective and environmentally conscious natural resource-based entrepreneurs • Site-specific management planning for the activities on livelihoods diversification • Establishment of an institutional framework and rules for CFM • Identification of policy and regulatory measures to strengthen collaboration with communities in different ecosystems • Identification of the most forest dependent communities where the restoration project is able to develop CFM committees • Extent of degradation and suitability for restoration 3|Page

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 • Feasibility of community participation in afforestation/reforestation program • Restoration and protection of natural habitats for the alleviation of human-wildlife conflict Program Content and Delivery This is a demand-driven program designed for practitioners and professionals engaged in the Forestry sector. The focus of this overseas training program will be towards experiential learning that covers sharing of experiences combining study and exposure visits along with technical input sessions. Content of this professional training program will cover 06-07 Modules, each with a duration of 01-02 Weeks. Each week will consist of approximatley 30 hours of work including technical input sessions, individual studies, assignments, group research/work, field/organization visits, and presentations. The overall course contents have been proposed under five key modules (Figure 3-1) as specified below. Figure 3-1 Proposed Training Module Module-1: Introduction to the course • Course Overview and Orientation • CFM and Forest Landscape Restoration in Bangladesh (models, practices, and stakeholder engagement) • Gaps and Opportunities Module duration: 15-20 hours Module-2: Ecological principles and the context for forest and landscape restoration • Principles, values and concepts of CFM with repect to forest restoration • Landscape forest level restoration (FLR) • Landscape structure and function • Importance of collaborative forest restoration program • Global, regional and country perspective of collaborative forest restoration • Restoration methods o Ecological restoration o Assisted natural regeneration o Site level restoration o Wildlife and habitat restoration Module duration: 45-60 hours of Work, including technical input sessions, exposure visits, self-study 4|Page AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 Module-3: Sociocultural, political, and environmental aspects of restoration • Effective forest restoration practices and approaches • Economical and social aspect of forest restoration • Cultural aspect of forest restoration • Environmental aspect of forest restoration • Responding conflict and negotiation • Potential stakeholders in CFM and degree of collaboration among the stakeholders in terms of leadership, authority, responsibility, control, benefits, etc. Module duration: 45-60 hours of Work, including technical input sessions, exposure visits, self-study Module-4: Special Research Study • Coordinated as Individual or Group • Guided by Course Coordinators/Resource Persons • Research design and development • Topics include different aspect of Collaborative Forest Management and Forest Restoration Module duration: 45-60 hours of Work, including self-study, report preparation, and presentation Module-5: Climate smart forest restoration and sustainability • Drivers of deforestation and forest degradation • Climate change perspective and forest restoration • Sustainable land management measures (selection and implementation) • Integrated FLR • Land use modelling and land use plan development • Watershed management focusing on hill forest restoration through Collaborative- management practices • Developing sustainable livelihoods Module duration: 45-60 hours of Work, including technical input sessions, exposure visits, self-study Module-6: Restoration planning, measures, management, and monitoring • Necessity of policy and legal support for CFM for sustainable restoration program • Successful cases of CFM practiced in different countries so far and challenges encountered including analysis of impacts on overall forest management, forest resource structure and environment. • Planning and choices of effective site-specific restoration strategy • Collaborative-management strategy and measures/practices for forest restoration o Feasibility Analysis o Institutional Analysis o Policy Analysis o Stakeholder Analysis o Conflict Analysis o Resource Assessment o Slope o Aspect o Level o Degradation o Choice of Species 5|Page AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 • Restoration measures and management in low hill, high hill, valley (plane land) and in coast • Monitoring and evaluation Module duration: 45-60 hours of Work, including technical input sessions, exposure visits, self-study Module-7: Integration and way forward • Group Work or Individual Work facilitated by Course Coordinators and Faculty Members • Bring back all KLPs (key learning points), analysis (technical, institutional/stakeholder, financial etc.) and discuss as Group • Come up and prepare an Empirical Model of CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration, which is applicable for Bangladesh. • Report Preparation and Presentation. Module duration: 45-60 hours of Work. Mode of Delivery Classroom sessions conducted by experts/practitioners The program delivery methodology will be based on adult learning principles, with an experiential approach Discussion and case studies designed to achieve the program objectives. The program will use a variety of training methods, Hands-on activities and demonstration combining interactive lectures with a balance of participatory learning techniques such as small group Study/exposure visits to relevant labs and discussion, brainstorming, demonstration, observation, organizations and pre & post-test. Program Schedule The Course Introduction (Module-1) will be delivered in week 01 upon participants’ arrival to provide them the overview of the program contents and delivery and a pre-assessment study will be conducted to reveal/ascertain potential knowledge gaps. The gap assessment will facilitate the program re-design where appropriate. The second and third modules are expected to be delivered in next 04-weeks of time including classroom sessions, study visits, and assessments. The week 06 will be spent on research guidance so that participants can relate their research framework with the learnings from technical teaching of other modules. Like module 2&3, module 5&6 will be delivered between weeks 07-10. The last 03 weeks will be dedicatedly allocated for the Integration and Way Forward that will include key learning project work on collaborative forest restoration modeling applicable for Bangladesh; the research guidance will be provided throughout the program delivery time (Table 3-1). A weekly program schedule will be planned and shared on the training modules. Table 3-1 Overall Program Delivery Plan Activities / W1 W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 W7 W8 W9 W10 W11 W12 W13 Timeframe Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7 6|Page AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 List of Participants Sl. Name of Participant Position Title & Office Name Date of Birth Passport No. Passport Expiry Date 01. Mr. Atiqul Islam Senior Assistant Secretary, 10 FEB 1987 E00050502 17 APR 2027 Ministry of Environment Forest, and Climate Change 02. Mr. Md. Shahin Kabir Divisional Forest Officer, 31 DEC 1987 OC9252989 19 JUN 2023 Wildlife Management and Nature Conservation Division, Sherpur 03. Mr. Md. Abdur Rashid Senior Instructor, Forest 14 OCT 1965 E00054896 13 OCT 2024 Talukder Academy, Chattogram. 04. Mr. Muhamed Jamal Assistant Conservator of Forests, 31 DEC 1976 E00050575 19 APR 2027 Hosen Talukder Social Forest Division, Bagerhat. 05. Mr. Md. Tariqul Islam Assistant Conservator of Forests, 02 FEB 1971 E00047970 28 FEB 2027 Coastal Forest Division, Patuakhali. 06. Mr. Khandkar Assistant Conservator of Forests, 13 SEP 1966 E00050544 13 SEP 2025 Mohammad Gias Uddin Lama Forest Division, Lama. 07. Mr. Md. Shohel Rana Herpetologist, Sheikh Kamal 28 JAN 1987 BG0027718 12 FEB 2025 Wildlife Center, Gazipur 08. Mr. Ibrahim Khalil Wildlife and Biodiversity 12 JAN 1987 E00017905 23 APR 2027 Conservation Officer, Coastal Forest Division, Noakhali. 09. Mr. Ahmed Saqee Scientific Officer, Bangladesh 05 JAN 1987 E00054621 19 APR 2027 National Herbarium, Dhaka 10. Dr. S M Zahirul Islam Research Officer, Forest 12 JAN 1970 E00050520 18 APR 2027 Inventory Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute 7|Page AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 List of Resource Persons and Facilitators Prof. Rajendra P. Shrestha Natural Resources Management School of Environment and Development (SERD) Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Expertise and research interest: Human dimension of land-use change; Climate change and land; Land degradation and land management; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resource Management; Geoinformatics Prof. Nophea Sasaki Natural Resources Management School of Environment and Development (SERD) Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Expertise and research interest: Forestry for nature-based reductions and removals; REDD+; Forest carbon monitoring and modeling; multi-purpose forest management; Technovation for sustainability; Nature-based reductions and removals, carbon project development, selective logging, biodiversity conservation, payment for ecosystem services Dr. Takuji W. Tsusaka Assist Natural Resources Management School of Environment and Development (SERD) Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)ant Professor Area of Expertise: Agricultural Economics; Natural Resources Economics; Poverty Reduction Social Capital Formation; Technology Adoption; Ex-post Impact Evaluation; Gender in Smallholder Agriculture; Survey Methods; Spatial Econometrics; Monitoring and Evaluation; Corporate Management 8|Page AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 Dr. Manjunatha Venkatappa Scientist at LEET Carbon, Thailand Professional Expertise and Interests: Manjunatha is experienced in resource assessment using remote sensing and GIS applications. He has conducted several trainings related to REDD+, Capacity building, UAVs and GIS application for resources mapping and environmental quality assessment. Manjunatha is presently using GEE, UAVs, GIS applications for REDD+, reforestation, smart agriculture, urban sustainability, climate change, and cropland’s drought assessment in South and Southeast Asia. Manjunatha is interested in big data and machine learning for resources conservation, REDD+, agriculture and sustainable cities. Dr. Preecha Ongprasert Director of General Administration Division Forestry Foreign Affairs Office, Royal Forest Department Chair of Asia-Pacific Network on Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation (APFNet) Chair of Regional Model Forest Network-Asia (RMFN-Asia) Mr. Ronnakorn Triraganon Manager-Capacity Development and Technical Services RECOFTC - The Center for People and Forests Mr. Ronnakorn Triraganon has been working in the community- based natural resource management sector since 1980. He began his career doing field work on Community Forestry with the Thai Royal Forest Department, joining RECOFTC in 1996. He has extensive experience promoting local people’s knowledge and customary rights to ensure sustainable natural resource management and fair distribution of benefits through participatory approaches. With his professional background in forestry and extensive experience in promoting local participation in natural resource management in the last few decades, Ronn is one of the most experienced trainers in his subject in the region. He has trained a number of community forestry practitioners at all levels of government and civil society from different parts of the world. He also has been involved in capacity building program developments for several projects working to promote community- based natural resource management in South and Southeast Asia, and Eastern Africa. 9|Page AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 Mr. Reynaldo Alvarez Calabdan Freelance Trainer and Consultant on Training and Organizational Development Professional Expertise and Interests: Training needs assessment, instructional design, learning materials development, training facilitation and management, training evaluation, Training of trainers, Teachers’ training, Organizational development, Strategic human resource development, Project management, Results-based management, Leadership, team building and development, Interpersonal and cross-cultural communication, Preparing volunteers for overseas development. DR. MD. ZAKIR HOSSAIN Director (Programs) AIT Extension Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Professional Expertise and Interests: Sustainable Aquaculture Development, Live Fish Marketing, Sustainable Coastal Resources Utilization, Freshwater Prawn Farming, Mangrove Management and Nypa Palm Utilization, Integrated Coastal Management, Application of Geoinformation Technologies in Coastal Zone Planning and Management, HealthGIS, Geoinformation Technologies in Disaster Management etc. Md. Anishur Rahman Project Development Specialist AIT Extension Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) Professional Expertise and Interests: Sustainable Forest Management, Mangrove Ecology, Ecosystem Services, Integrated Natural Resources Management, Community Forest Management. This section will be updated with details. 10 | P a g e AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 ATX Course Organizing Team Dr. Christopher J. Garnier Mr. Songpon Saengpun Executive Director Coordinator (Admin) Dr. Md. Zakir Hossain Ms. Marilyn Alcantara Course Director Coordinator (Finance) Mr. Md. Anishur Rahman Ms. Kanya Roonjarern Course Coordinator Administrative Officer Ms. Pansiri Vasitthakampol Ms. Slanee Meeto Admission Officer Administrative Officer 11 | P a g e AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Annex: Prog Week 01 09 May 2022 10 May 2022 11 May 08 May 2022 Monday Tuesday Wedne Sunday Morning Sessions Lunch Afternoon Sessions AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 gram Schedule y 2022 12 May 2022 13 May 2022 14 May 2022 esday Thursday Friday Saturday 08.00 – 09.30 Registration Opening Ceremony Group Photograph 09.30 – 12.00 Participant’s Introduction Program Orientation Facilitator: AITE Team Participants arrival 13.30 – 16.00 Airport Pick up Course Overview Transfer to AIT Dormitory Facilitator: AITE Team 12 | P a g e

Week 02 16 May 2022 17 May 2022 15 May 2022 Monday Tuesday Sunday 10.00 – 12.00 Introduction to the Course Morning Sessions Lunch 13.30 – 16.00 Afternoon Sessions Continued Dr. Md. Zakir To be updated and shared one week before. AIT Extension Prefers to reduce paper use through sharing electronic files

Proposed Professional Training Program on CFM for Sustainable Landscape Restoration 12 May – 10 August 2022 18 May 2022 19 May 2022 20 May 2022 21 May 2022 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 10.00 – 12.00 e Country perspective of collaborative forest restoration Dr. Preecha Ongprasert r Hossain 13 | P a g e