Forests Land Grabbing Across the Asia: Questioning the Sustainable Forest Future

目的：本研究的主要目的是确定土地掠夺对孟加拉国和日本可持续森林发展的社会、经济和生态影响。该研究还分析了孟加拉国和日本对土地掠夺过程产生影响的政策和法律安排。活动：该研究于2017-2019年在日本北海道岛和孟加拉国主要的萨尔森林进行。本研究使用不同的数据收集技术收集第一手和第二手数据。研究结果：本研究对日本和孟加拉国的林地掠夺情况进行了一些深入的研究。日本外国人侵吞土地的案例表明，侵吞土地的经济成果给当地人民和经济带来了好处。总的来说，日本的土地掠夺情况与孟加拉国等发展中国家的经历完全相反。孟加拉国的萨尔林地侵占案显示了一些令人失望的情况，需要政府立即干预。从可持续的角度来看，日本的案例显示出积极的结果。然而，孟加拉国的案例得出的结论是，萨尔森林的可持续性受到严重影响，这需要每个利益攸关方采取协调一致的办法。结果：该研究的结果已经在三篇期刊文章中发表，另一篇即将发表。同时，这项研究的结果也在不同的科学会议/讲习班上提出。

Purposes: the main purpose of the study was to identify the social, economic and ecological impacts of land grabbing on the sustainable forests development of Bangladesh and Japan. The study also analyzes the policy and legal arrangements of Bangladesh and Japan that have impacts on the land grabbing process.Activities: The study was carried out in the Hokkaido Island of Japan and the major Sal forests of Bangladesh during 2017-2019. The study collected both primary and secondary data using different data collection techniques.Findings: The study found out some in-depth findings on forestland grabbing scenario in Japan and Bangladesh. The Japanese foreigners based land grabbing case revealed that the economic outcomes of the land grabbing have benefited the local people and economy. Overall the Japanese land grabbing situation was totally opposite than that of developing countries experiences like-Bangladesh. Sal forestland grabbing of Bangladesh case showed some disappointing situation which would need immediate intervention by the government. In sustainable view point, the Japanese case showed positive outcomes. However, the Bangladesh cases concluded that the sustainability of the Sal forests had been severely affected which would need a coordinate approach from every stakeholders’ level.Outcomes: The findings of the study have already been published in the three Journal articles and another one is one the way to publish. Simultaneously, the results of the study had also been presented in the different scientific conferences/workshops.