Ex-situ conservation of threatened forest tree species for sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Bangladesh

Authors

  • MM Rahman Silviculture Genetics Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • W Parvin Silviculture Genetics Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong-4000, Bangladesh
  • N Sultana Silviculture Genetics Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong-4000, Bangladesh
  • SAM Tarek Silviculture Genetics Division, Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Chittagong-4000, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcbm.v4i2.39855

Keywords:

Ex-situ conservation, threatened tree species, forest genetic resource, sustainable use, germplasm

Abstract

The present study was carried out to advance towards the conserving threatened forest tree species of Bangladesh under ex-situ conservation system. Four thousand plants of forty eight threatened forest tree species were conserved at three areas, namely Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, Chittagong University; Radar Unit of Bangladesh Air Force, Cox‟s Bazar; and the Keochia research station of Bangladesh Forest Research Institute. The average 90-95% plants survived in each conservation site and the maximum average plant height was recorded as 4.0m after two years of plantation. It will provide a wider buffer for the protection of the forest gene resources.

J. Biodivers. Conserv. Bioresour. Manag. 2018, 4(2): 89-98

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.
Abstract
37
PDF
24

Downloads

Published

2018-12-17

How to Cite

Rahman, M., Parvin, W., Sultana, N., & Tarek, S. (2018). Ex-situ conservation of threatened forest tree species for sustainable use of forest genetic resources in Bangladesh. Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management, 4(2), 89–98. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbcbm.v4i2.39855

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Articles

License

© Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management

Creative Commons License
The articles in the Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. 

The Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management (JBCBM) can be used,
distributed and reproduced in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, is not changed in any way, and is not used for commercial purposes.