Role of Forestry Sector in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Assignment
Title: Role of Forestry Sector in Achieving Sustainable
Development Goals
Submitted By
Reg. No. - 2018631081
Session: 2018-19
Course No: FES-419
Submitted To
Prof. A. Z. M. Manzoor Rashid, PhD
Course Teacher
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science
Shahjalal University of Science and Technology
Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh.
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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals..........................................................................................3
SDG-1: No Poverty..........................................................................................................................4
SDG-2: Zero Hunger.......................................................................................................................4
SDG-3: Good Health and Wellbeing...............................................................................................5
SDG-4: Quality Education...............................................................................................................5
SDG-5: Gender Equality..................................................................................................................5
SDG-6: Clean Water and Sanitation................................................................................................6
SDG-7: Affordable and Clean Energy.............................................................................................6
SDG-8: Decent Work and Economic Growth.................................................................................6
SDG-9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure..............................................................................7
SDG-10: Reduce Inequalities..........................................................................................................7
SDG-11: Sustainable Cities and Communities................................................................................8
SDG-12: Responsible Consumption and Production......................................................................8
SDG-13: Climate Action.................................................................................................................8
SDG-14: Life Below Water.............................................................................................................9
SDG-15: Life on Land.....................................................................................................................9
SDG-16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions............................................................................10
SDG-17: Partnerships for the Goals..............................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
References.................................................................................................................................................11
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Figure 1: Sustainable Development Goals
Role of Forestry Sector in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Introduction
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as “Global Goals”, were enacted by
the United Nations to achieve 17 globally accepted goals to eradicate hunger, poverty, gender-
inequalities, to safeguard the environment, climate and responsible use of natural resources, to
enhance socio-economic development and to promote affordable clean energy, global peace and
partnerships. The SDGs also ensure that social, economic and environmental development must
be balanced and interconnected. To achieve the sustainable development goals, every sector
worldwide must work together. The forestry sector is no exception, as it has a direct connection
with some of the SDGs and also indirectly contributes to achieving others.
SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals
The SDGs are a set of 17 goals, with 169 targets and 232 indicators taken in 2015 by the United
Nations with the aim to be achieved by 2030. The following figure is portraying the SDGs:
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SDG-1: No Poverty
Poverty is one of the greatest curses of humankind and so the very first goal of SDGs is set to
eradicate poverty in all its forms. Forestry sector could directly contribute to achieve the goal by
numerous ways,
 Employment generation: Forestry sector has a huge market of timber and non-
timber market products which could generate thousands of employments. Manpower
is needed for resource collection, transportation to conversion, marketing and
retailing.
 Income source: Forest could be the income source for the people who are stuck in
poverty. By abiding the forest department rules, with a very minimal skill they could
easily collect the forest resources e.g., fuel wood, honey, fish, crabs etc. and sell to
earn their livelihood and say goodbye to poverty.
 Securing the rights of life (e.g., food, medicines etc.): Forest provide peoples with
the basic rights of life like food, medicine, roofing materials for home which could
somewhat alleviate the poverty.
SDG-2: Zero Hunger
To remove extreme hunger and malnutrition, one of the biggest challenges to development, the
United Nations set the second goal of SDGs named, “Zero Hunger”. Forestry sector could
directly help to alleviate hunger and malnutrition from the earth,
 Supply of food and fodder from the forest: Forest is a rich source of food, fodder with
naturally growing tons of fruits which could not only alleviate hunger but also fix the
malnutrition problem.
 Source of non-conventional food items: Forest also provides many non-conventional
foods which are of great health benefits and source of nutrition, e.g., honey, nuts etc.
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