International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives
You are here: Home>IJMP Journal>IJMP Archive>Article page: ijmp-030222-12.html
Interna. J. Multidisp. Perspectives | Volume 03, Issue 02, 74-81 | https://doi.org/10.18801/ijmp.030222.12
Article type: Research article, Received: 25.05.21; Revised: 03.11.22; First published online: 29 December 2022.
Article type: Research article, Received: 25.05.21; Revised: 03.11.22; First published online: 29 December 2022.
Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Md. Rishad Abdullah 1, Md. Kaium Ahammed Molla 1, Nusrat Jahan 2, A K M Golam Rabbani 3, Sanjit Chandra Barman 4 and Rifat Jahan 4
1 Secondary Education Sector Investment Program, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Bangladesh.
2 K S Abdul Hakim Govt. Primary School, Double Mooring, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
3 Dhumaitari Siddiqia Fazil Madrasah, Sundarganj, Gaibandha, Bangladesh.
4 Plant Conservation and Research Foundation, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
✉ Corresponding author: [email protected].
1 Secondary Education Sector Investment Program, Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education, Bangladesh.
2 K S Abdul Hakim Govt. Primary School, Double Mooring, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
3 Dhumaitari Siddiqia Fazil Madrasah, Sundarganj, Gaibandha, Bangladesh.
4 Plant Conservation and Research Foundation, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
✉ Corresponding author: [email protected].
Abstract
Continued loss of forest vegetation in Bangladesh's national forests and protected areas poses a threat to forest productivity and biodiversity due to human population growth and other biotic and abiotic factors. An inventory was conducted by the students of Jagir Uddin High school of Muktagacha upazila Mymensingh district, Bangladesh with an objectives to quantify the tree species diversity of their homestead areas. The study was conducted with during the period of 2021. A total of 159 students were involved with this studies. 3959 individuals belongs to 38 types of tree species were was recorded by the students from 11 villages those were belongs to 33 genera and 20 families. Areca catechu (Supari), Mangifera indica (Mango) and Acacia auriculiformis (Akashmoni) constituted the major floral composition. Species diversity of the survey area was 2.5. In all of the locations studied, horticulture plants were more numerous than timber species. However, there is a noticeable uptick in the number of timber species among the newly planted homestead plants. This pattern of floral dynamics suggests that the make-up of homestead plants will likely shift in the not-too-distant future. The results of this study show that there is a great deal of plant diversity in Bangladesh's homestead forests, despite their sparse distribution.
Key Words: Bangladesh, Homestead forests, Shannon–Weaver index, Simpson index and Plant diversity
Continued loss of forest vegetation in Bangladesh's national forests and protected areas poses a threat to forest productivity and biodiversity due to human population growth and other biotic and abiotic factors. An inventory was conducted by the students of Jagir Uddin High school of Muktagacha upazila Mymensingh district, Bangladesh with an objectives to quantify the tree species diversity of their homestead areas. The study was conducted with during the period of 2021. A total of 159 students were involved with this studies. 3959 individuals belongs to 38 types of tree species were was recorded by the students from 11 villages those were belongs to 33 genera and 20 families. Areca catechu (Supari), Mangifera indica (Mango) and Acacia auriculiformis (Akashmoni) constituted the major floral composition. Species diversity of the survey area was 2.5. In all of the locations studied, horticulture plants were more numerous than timber species. However, there is a noticeable uptick in the number of timber species among the newly planted homestead plants. This pattern of floral dynamics suggests that the make-up of homestead plants will likely shift in the not-too-distant future. The results of this study show that there is a great deal of plant diversity in Bangladesh's homestead forests, despite their sparse distribution.
Key Words: Bangladesh, Homestead forests, Shannon–Weaver index, Simpson index and Plant diversity
Article Full-Text PDF:
| 12.03.02.2022_homestead_tree_species_diversity_an_inventory_by_secondary_school_students_in_mymensingh_bangladesh.pdf |
Article Metrics:
|
Share This Article:
|
|
Article Citations:
MLA
Abdullah, M. R. et al. “Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh”. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02) (2022): 74-81.
APA
Abdullah, M. R., Molla, M. K. A., Jahan, N., Rabbani, A. K. M. G., Barman, S. C. and Jahan, R. (2022). Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02), 74-81.
Chicago
Abdullah, M. R., Molla, M. K. A., Jahan, N., Rabbani, A. K. M. G., Barman, S. C. and Jahan, R. “Effect of seedling age at transplants on growth, yield and seed production of sweet pepper in Bangladesh”. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02) (2022): 74-81.
Harvard
Abdullah, M. R., Molla, M. K. A., Jahan, N., Rabbani, A. K. M. G., Barman, S. C. and Jahan, R. 2022. Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02), pp. 74-81.
Vancouver
Abdullah, MR, Molla, MKA, Jahan, N, Rabbani, AKMG, Barman, SC and Jahan, R. Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 December 03(02), 74-81.
Abdullah, M. R. et al. “Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh”. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02) (2022): 74-81.
APA
Abdullah, M. R., Molla, M. K. A., Jahan, N., Rabbani, A. K. M. G., Barman, S. C. and Jahan, R. (2022). Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02), 74-81.
Chicago
Abdullah, M. R., Molla, M. K. A., Jahan, N., Rabbani, A. K. M. G., Barman, S. C. and Jahan, R. “Effect of seedling age at transplants on growth, yield and seed production of sweet pepper in Bangladesh”. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02) (2022): 74-81.
Harvard
Abdullah, M. R., Molla, M. K. A., Jahan, N., Rabbani, A. K. M. G., Barman, S. C. and Jahan, R. 2022. Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 03(02), pp. 74-81.
Vancouver
Abdullah, MR, Molla, MKA, Jahan, N, Rabbani, AKMG, Barman, SC and Jahan, R. Homestead tree species diversity: An inventory by secondary school students in Mymensingh. International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives, 2022 December 03(02), 74-81.
References
[1]. Abedin, M. Z. and Quddus, M. A. (1988). Household fuel situation, home gardens and agroforestry practices at six agro-ecologically different locations of Bangladesh. In National Workshop on Homestead Plantations and Agroforestry in Bangladesh, Joydebpur (Bangladesh), 17-19 Jul 1988.
[2]. Alam, M. S., Masum, K. M., Campus, B. F. R. I. and Sholashahor, B. (2005). Status of homestead biodiversity in the offshore island of Bangladesh. Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, 1(3), 246-253.
[3]. Ali, A. M. S. (2005). Home gardens in smallholder farming systems: examples from Bangladesh. Human Ecology, 33(2), 245–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-2434-8
[4]. Bashar, M. A. (1999). Homegarden Agroforestry: Impact on Biodiversity conservation and household food security (A case study of Gazipur district, Bangladesh). M. Sc. thesis, Agricultural University of Norway, Olso, Norway.
[5]. Christanty L., Abdoellah O. L., Marten G. G. and Iskandar J. (1986). Traditional agroforestry in West Java: the Pekaranagan (homegarden) and Kebun-Talun (annual-perennial rotation) cropping systems. pp. 132–158. In: Marten G.G. (ed.), Traditional Agriculture in South East Asia. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
[6]. Dallmeier, F., Kabel, M. and Rice, R. (1992). Methods for long- term biodiversity inventory plots in protected tropical forests. In Dallmeier Ed., Long-term monitoring of biological diversity in tropical forest areas methods for establishment and inventory of permanent plots (pp. 72, MAB digest II, Ed.). Paris: UNESCO
[7]. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (1981). Forest resources assessment project 1980. Rome (Italy): FAO.
[8]. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (2011). State of the world’s forests. Rome (Italy): FAO.
[9]. Gajaseni J. and Gajaseni N. (1999). Ecological rationalities of the traditional homegarden system in the Chao Phraya Basin, Thailand. Agroforest Systems, 46, 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006188504677
[10]. Government of Bangladesh [GOB] (2009a). National Forest and Tree Resources Assessment 2005–2007 Bangladesh. Dhaka
[11]. Government of Bangladesh. [GOB] (1995). Development perspectives of the forestry sector master plan, Bangladesh. ADB/UNDP/GOB. Dhaka
[12]. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) (2009b). Statistical pocketbook Bangladesh. Dhaka (Bangladesh): Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Planning Division, Ministry of Planning.
[13]. Islam, N. M. (1998). Homegarden Agroforestry in Bangladesh: A case study in Rangpur district. M. Sc. thesis, Agricultural University of Norway, Olso, Norway.
[14]. Kumar, B. M., George, S. J. and Chinnamani, S. (1994). Diversity, structure and standing stock of wood in the homegardens of Kerala in peninsular India. Agroforest Systems, 25, 243–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707463
[15]. Mannan, A. (2000). Plant biodiversity in the homesteads of Bangladesh and its utilization in crop improvement, Ph. D. thesis. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur Bangladesh. Pp 1-55.
[16]. Masum, K. M., Alam, M. S. and Abdullah-Al-Mamun, M. M. (2008). Ecological and economical significance of homestead forest to the household of the offshore island in Bangladesh. Journal of Forestry Research, 19 (4), 307–310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-008-0055-y
[17]. Miah, M. D. and Hossain, M. K. (2002). Tree resources in the floodplain areas of Bangladesh. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 153(10), 385–391. https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2002.0385
[18]. Michon G. (1983). Village forest gardens in West Java. In: Huxley PA, editor. Plant research and agroforestry. Nairobi (Kenya): ICRAF. p. 13–24.
[19]. Michon, G. and deForesta, H. (1999). Agro-Forests: Incorporating a forest vision in agroforestry. pp. 381–406. In: Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P. and Fernandes E.C.M. (eds), Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420049473.ch17
[20]. Millat-e-Mustafa, M. (1997). Floristic and Indigenous Management Techniques of Homegarden in Bangladesh. In: Alam, M. K.; F. U. Ahmed and S. M. R, Amin (eds.). Agroforestry: Bangladesh Perspective. APAN, NAWG, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Bangladesh.
[21]. Millat-E-Mustafa, M. (1997). Tropical Homestead gardens: an overview, in Agroforestry: Bangladesh Perspective, M. K. Alam, F. U. Ahmed, and S. M. Amin, Eds., pp. 18–133, APAN; NAWG; Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
[22]. Misra, R. (1968). Ecology work book’ (N. Delhi). New Delhi, India: Oxford and IBH Publ. House.
[23]. Motiur, R. M., Furukawa, Y., Kawata, I., Rahman, M. M. and Alam, M. (2006). Role of homestead forests in household economy and factors affecting forest production: a case study in southwest Bangladesh. Journal of Forest Research, 11, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-005-0191-6
[24]. Muhammed, N., Masum, M. F. H., Hossain, M. M., Chakma, S., Oesten, G and Von Detten, R. (2011). Floral composition and biodiversity conservation in homestead forests in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 7(4), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2011.629211
[25]. Mustafa, M. M. and Haruni, A. K. O. (2002). Vegetation characteristics of Bangladesh homegardens. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 153(12), 454–461. https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2002.0454
[26]. Mustafa, M. M., Hall, J. B. and Teklehaimanot, Z. (1996). Structure and floristics of Bangladesh home gardens. Agroforestry Systems, 33(3), 263–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055427
[27]. Mustafa, M. M., Hall, J. B. and Teklehaimanot, Z. (2000). Indigenous management techniques of Bangladesh homegardens. International Tree Crops Journal, 10(3), 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/01435698.2000.9753008
[28]. Rahman, M. L., Mannan, M. A., Hasanuzzaman, M. and Islam, M. K. (2009). Fruit Diversity Related Household Characteristics in a Selected Island of Bangladesh. American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research, 4(3), 128-136.
[29]. Sellathural, P. (1997). Homegarden agroforestry and sustainability in Kandy district, Srilanka. M.Sc. thesis. Agricultural University of Norway.
[30]. Shannon, C. E., and Wiener, W. (1963). The Mathematical Theory of Communication (127 p). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
[31]. Shukla, R. S. and Chandel, P. S. (2000). Plant Ecology and Soil Science (9th Edn.). Ramnagor: S. Chand and Company Limited, New Delhi, India, pp. 121–376.
[32]. Siddiqi, M. S. and Khan, N. A. (1999). Floristic composition and socio-economic aspects of rural homestead garden in Chittagong: a case study. Journal of Forest Science, 28(2), 94–101.
[33]. Simpson, E. H. (1949). Measurement of diversity. Nature, 163, 688. https://doi.org/10.1038/163688a0
[34]. Zaman, S., Siddiquee, S.U. and Katoh, M. (2010). Structure and Diversity of Homegarden Agroforestry in Thakurgaon District, Bangladesh. The Open Forest Science Journal, 3, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874398601003010038
[2]. Alam, M. S., Masum, K. M., Campus, B. F. R. I. and Sholashahor, B. (2005). Status of homestead biodiversity in the offshore island of Bangladesh. Research Journal of Agriculture and Biological Sciences, 1(3), 246-253.
[3]. Ali, A. M. S. (2005). Home gardens in smallholder farming systems: examples from Bangladesh. Human Ecology, 33(2), 245–270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-2434-8
[4]. Bashar, M. A. (1999). Homegarden Agroforestry: Impact on Biodiversity conservation and household food security (A case study of Gazipur district, Bangladesh). M. Sc. thesis, Agricultural University of Norway, Olso, Norway.
[5]. Christanty L., Abdoellah O. L., Marten G. G. and Iskandar J. (1986). Traditional agroforestry in West Java: the Pekaranagan (homegarden) and Kebun-Talun (annual-perennial rotation) cropping systems. pp. 132–158. In: Marten G.G. (ed.), Traditional Agriculture in South East Asia. Westview Press, Boulder, CO.
[6]. Dallmeier, F., Kabel, M. and Rice, R. (1992). Methods for long- term biodiversity inventory plots in protected tropical forests. In Dallmeier Ed., Long-term monitoring of biological diversity in tropical forest areas methods for establishment and inventory of permanent plots (pp. 72, MAB digest II, Ed.). Paris: UNESCO
[7]. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (1981). Forest resources assessment project 1980. Rome (Italy): FAO.
[8]. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) (2011). State of the world’s forests. Rome (Italy): FAO.
[9]. Gajaseni J. and Gajaseni N. (1999). Ecological rationalities of the traditional homegarden system in the Chao Phraya Basin, Thailand. Agroforest Systems, 46, 3–23. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006188504677
[10]. Government of Bangladesh [GOB] (2009a). National Forest and Tree Resources Assessment 2005–2007 Bangladesh. Dhaka
[11]. Government of Bangladesh. [GOB] (1995). Development perspectives of the forestry sector master plan, Bangladesh. ADB/UNDP/GOB. Dhaka
[12]. Government of Bangladesh (GOB) (2009b). Statistical pocketbook Bangladesh. Dhaka (Bangladesh): Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, Planning Division, Ministry of Planning.
[13]. Islam, N. M. (1998). Homegarden Agroforestry in Bangladesh: A case study in Rangpur district. M. Sc. thesis, Agricultural University of Norway, Olso, Norway.
[14]. Kumar, B. M., George, S. J. and Chinnamani, S. (1994). Diversity, structure and standing stock of wood in the homegardens of Kerala in peninsular India. Agroforest Systems, 25, 243–262. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707463
[15]. Mannan, A. (2000). Plant biodiversity in the homesteads of Bangladesh and its utilization in crop improvement, Ph. D. thesis. Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding. Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur Bangladesh. Pp 1-55.
[16]. Masum, K. M., Alam, M. S. and Abdullah-Al-Mamun, M. M. (2008). Ecological and economical significance of homestead forest to the household of the offshore island in Bangladesh. Journal of Forestry Research, 19 (4), 307–310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-008-0055-y
[17]. Miah, M. D. and Hossain, M. K. (2002). Tree resources in the floodplain areas of Bangladesh. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen. 153(10), 385–391. https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2002.0385
[18]. Michon G. (1983). Village forest gardens in West Java. In: Huxley PA, editor. Plant research and agroforestry. Nairobi (Kenya): ICRAF. p. 13–24.
[19]. Michon, G. and deForesta, H. (1999). Agro-Forests: Incorporating a forest vision in agroforestry. pp. 381–406. In: Buck L.E., Lassoie J.P. and Fernandes E.C.M. (eds), Agroforestry in Sustainable Agricultural Systems, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420049473.ch17
[20]. Millat-e-Mustafa, M. (1997). Floristic and Indigenous Management Techniques of Homegarden in Bangladesh. In: Alam, M. K.; F. U. Ahmed and S. M. R, Amin (eds.). Agroforestry: Bangladesh Perspective. APAN, NAWG, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre. Bangladesh.
[21]. Millat-E-Mustafa, M. (1997). Tropical Homestead gardens: an overview, in Agroforestry: Bangladesh Perspective, M. K. Alam, F. U. Ahmed, and S. M. Amin, Eds., pp. 18–133, APAN; NAWG; Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
[22]. Misra, R. (1968). Ecology work book’ (N. Delhi). New Delhi, India: Oxford and IBH Publ. House.
[23]. Motiur, R. M., Furukawa, Y., Kawata, I., Rahman, M. M. and Alam, M. (2006). Role of homestead forests in household economy and factors affecting forest production: a case study in southwest Bangladesh. Journal of Forest Research, 11, 89-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10310-005-0191-6
[24]. Muhammed, N., Masum, M. F. H., Hossain, M. M., Chakma, S., Oesten, G and Von Detten, R. (2011). Floral composition and biodiversity conservation in homestead forests in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management, 7(4), 247-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/21513732.2011.629211
[25]. Mustafa, M. M. and Haruni, A. K. O. (2002). Vegetation characteristics of Bangladesh homegardens. Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Forstwesen, 153(12), 454–461. https://doi.org/10.3188/szf.2002.0454
[26]. Mustafa, M. M., Hall, J. B. and Teklehaimanot, Z. (1996). Structure and floristics of Bangladesh home gardens. Agroforestry Systems, 33(3), 263–280. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00055427
[27]. Mustafa, M. M., Hall, J. B. and Teklehaimanot, Z. (2000). Indigenous management techniques of Bangladesh homegardens. International Tree Crops Journal, 10(3), 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1080/01435698.2000.9753008
[28]. Rahman, M. L., Mannan, M. A., Hasanuzzaman, M. and Islam, M. K. (2009). Fruit Diversity Related Household Characteristics in a Selected Island of Bangladesh. American-Eurasian Journal of Scientific Research, 4(3), 128-136.
[29]. Sellathural, P. (1997). Homegarden agroforestry and sustainability in Kandy district, Srilanka. M.Sc. thesis. Agricultural University of Norway.
[30]. Shannon, C. E., and Wiener, W. (1963). The Mathematical Theory of Communication (127 p). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press.
[31]. Shukla, R. S. and Chandel, P. S. (2000). Plant Ecology and Soil Science (9th Edn.). Ramnagor: S. Chand and Company Limited, New Delhi, India, pp. 121–376.
[32]. Siddiqi, M. S. and Khan, N. A. (1999). Floristic composition and socio-economic aspects of rural homestead garden in Chittagong: a case study. Journal of Forest Science, 28(2), 94–101.
[33]. Simpson, E. H. (1949). Measurement of diversity. Nature, 163, 688. https://doi.org/10.1038/163688a0
[34]. Zaman, S., Siddiquee, S.U. and Katoh, M. (2010). Structure and Diversity of Homegarden Agroforestry in Thakurgaon District, Bangladesh. The Open Forest Science Journal, 3, 38-44. https://doi.org/10.2174/1874398601003010038
© 2022 The Authors. This article is freely available for anyone to read, share, download, print, permitted for unrestricted use and build upon, provided that the original author(s) and publisher are given due credit. All Published articles are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
International Journal of Multidisciplinary Perspectives.