This report of Country Environmental plans, Policies & programs Analysis (CEA) aims to assess Government’s future role and operational strategy in the environment sector and will also provide input to the Country Strategy and Action Plan (CSP). This CEA for 2005-2009 outlines the environmental issues that are most significant to the Bangladesh’s economy. It will also provide background information on the environmental constraints, needs and opportunities in Bangladesh. Over the given period of this strategy document, it will be working with the Government of Bangladesh (GoB) for the improvement of the environment sector, wherein this report may be a basis for actions and/or interventions. This work focuses on the aspects of understanding the important features of the Bangladesh environment that need to be essentially understood. The purpose of the report is to present the findings of a review done on the environment sector. The review considered the ongoing and past interventions, legal and policy regimes and finally outlined the outstanding issues facing the sector. Since environment is vast and broad and cut across almost all the formal sectors, the review was conducted as exhaustively as possible to cover all. While tabling the recommendations, recent policy directives like the National Strategy for Economic Growth; Poverty Reduction and Social Development (NS-EGPRSD); MDG etc. have been kept in mind. While preparing this strategy document, implications and lessons learned from the Country Strategy Plan (CSP), Policy and Strategy Documents of Government of Bangladesh (GOB) have been duly consulted. Besides these, discussions were held with the Planning Commission, Department of Environment & Forest Department etc. with a view to incorporate their approach and strategy. The Environment:
An environment is a complex of external factors that acts on a system and determines its course and form of existence. An environment may be thought of as a