Md. Saifur Rahman, Lukas Gießen
Md Saifur Rahman, Md. Nazmus Sadath, Lukas Gießen
Lukas Gießen, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Md Saifur Rahman
The last two decades of forest policy discussions have been dominated by calls for sustainable management of forest resources. Consequently, multiple international and domestic policies, supporting sustainable forest management (SFM), have evolved in numerous jurisdictions. Policies in developing co...
Md. Nazmus Sadath, Daniela Kleinschmit, Lukas Gießen
Md Saifur Rahman, Lukas Gießen
As a cross-cutting issue, climate policy depends on the ability of national-level public bureaucracies to formulate and implement effective measures. However, these sectoral agencies strongly compete for resources, political responsibility and power. In the process of allocating specific climate-rel...
Md Faisal Abedin Khan, Md. Saifur Rahman, Lukas Gießen
Mangrove forests have enormous ecological and socio-economic importance for a number of different stakeholders and policy actors. Hence, a wide range of often conflicting material interests can be expected surrounding mangrove forest policy and management. These conflicts result in different issues ...
Md. Saifur Rahman, Lukas Gießen
SUMMARY The international forest regime complex (IFRC) comprises a wide range of international policies, institutions and actors. The study of the influence of individual elements of the IFRC at a domestic level has become significant in forest governance processes. This paper identifies the most re...
Md Saifur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Lukas Gießen
Pradip Kumar Sarker, Md. Saifur Rahman, Lukas Gießen
New policies have the potential to enhance the role of specific public administrations in relation to other agencies active in a particular field. This is especially true for international interventions, which are often used by domestic actors to increase their power capabilities. International, don...
Md Saifur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Md. Nazmus Sadath, Lukas Gießen
Pradip Kumar Sarker, Md. Saifur Rahman, Lukas Gießen
Md Faisal Abedin Khan, Lukas Gießen
Bearing diversified natural resources, the Sundarbans mangrove forests (SMF) are, to a large extent, considered a thrust area of ecological and economic importance to which a number of public bureaucracies in Bangladesh give due attention to managing its resources. This paper analyses the extensive ...
Md Saifur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Ryokichi Hirono, Lukas Gießen
Policy action is visible in national and international climate governance. However, policy-making and its implementation often fail to generate the desired outcomes that aim to adapt to the adverse impact of climate change in a developing nation, such as Bangladesh—a country highly vulnerable to the...
Md Saifur Rahman, Sohag Miah, Lukas Gießen
Md Saifur Rahman, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Lukas Gießen
State bureaucratic settings and associated governance patterns have an enormous impact on the planning and implementation of a country's climate development policy. Contextually, a typical superior bureaucratic framework with its decision-making power centred on climate adaptation projects funding p...