Preliminary national diagnostic for environment statistics

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1 Preliminary national diagnostic for environment statistics Country : Bangladesh Presenter: : Md Solaiman Mondol Deputy Secretary Statistics and Informatics Division : Tufail Ahmed Deputy Director Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Event: : Sub-regional Workshop on Environment Statistics Date: : 6-8 February 2017

2 Outline National vision Policy priorities and policy tools Institutions Knowledge Existing compilations Context Priorities Constraints

3 National vision National Statistical System of Bangladesh is to become a world-class provider of authentic, relevant and timely data in a holistic and user-friendly manner. Bangladesh Constitution Protection and improvement of environment and biodiversity Article 18A. The State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to preserve and safeguard the natural resources, biodiversity, wetlands, forests and wildlife for the present and future citizens.

4 Policy priorities and policy tools Sustainable development policy priorities: National Strategies for the Development of Statistics (NSDS) 2013 Legal Framework (Statistical Act, 2013) Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan 2009 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Bangladesh (NBSAP) Social Forestry (Amended) Rules 2010 Wildlife (Preservation & Security) Acts, 2012 National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP) National adaptation programme of action - NAPA (2005) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) th five year plan ( to )

5 Policy priorities and policy tools Policy tools in place or planned: Five Year Plan of National Development (7thFYP) : To attain good governance in environmental sustainability. To eradicate extreme poverty and achieve national food security. To address environmental health To establish the quality of life for the rural people of all regions. To preserve agricultural land and to ensure production growth for food security with minimum environmental degradation. To meet national air and water quality standards. To achieve tree cover over 20% of the land surface (with tree density > 70%) and ecologically healthy native forests are restored and protected in all public forest lands (about 16% of land) To meet energy demands of development through a low carbon strategy. To reduce potential economic losses due to Climate Change (particularly from floods, drought and salinity).

6 Policy priorities and policy tools Policy tools in place or planned: (Contd.) National Strategy for Development of Statistics (NSDS): a) Compilation of Environmental Economic Accounts (SEEA); b) Development of environmental statistics to ensure their regular updating and release; c) Developing statistics to monitor the impacts of climate change; d) Developing Bangladesh Framework for Development Environment Statistics (BFDES) complying with UNFDES; e) Preparing Environment Score Card; f) Setting up a new Environment and Resource Statistics Wing in BBS to take the lead in this area; and g) Developing linkage with Ministry of Environment and Forest

7 Policy priorities and policy tools Policy tools in place or planned: (contd.) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Setting Priorities for Data Support to 7 th FYP and SDGs: An Overview by BBS Mapping of Ministries/Divisions by SDGs Targets by GED A Handbook Mapping of Ministries by Targets in the implementation of SDGs aligning with 7th Five Year Plan ( )

8 Institutions Stakeholders in environment sustainable development and green economy policy: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) The Department of Environment (DoE) Forest Department (FD) Bangladesh Forest Industries Development Corporation (BFIDC) Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT) Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI) The Bangladesh National Herbarium Water Resources Planning Organization (WARPO) The Department of Fisheries (DoF) Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) Ministry of Industries (MoI) Local Government Division (LGD) Planning commission Ministry of Agriculture Civil Society, Grassroots communities Legislative bodies, academia, environment planners etc.

9 Institutions Institutional mechanisms in place to make sustainability and green economy decisions: Government has formed a Inter Ministerial Technical Working Committee (National) for collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating for Environment, Climate Change and Disaster Related Statistics. According to Statistical Act 2013, BBS is stand alone agencies for collecting, compiling, analyzing and disseminating Population, Demographic, Economic, Price, Poverty, Environment and other related statistics.

10 Institutions The role of the National Statistical office: BBS works in close collaboration with concerned about 57 stakeholders Ministries/ Divisions/ Organizations including DOE, BFD and DDM who are active in environment, climate change, disaster-related statistics; Developing MOU between BBS with ministries/ divisions/ agencies / DPs on data sharing, reporting and integration; Using electronic data system (digital platform) to build automatic data connection for data collecting, analyzing, processing and disseminating environmental statistics; and Improving survey methods, analysis and forecasting system

11 Knowledge Key documents Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics 2015: Climate Change and Natural Disaster Perspectives Compendium of Environment Statistics of Bangladesh 2009, 2004 Handbook on Environment Statistics 2005 Environmental Protection expenditure Survey 2005

12 Knowledge Data sources: Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Bangladesh Space Research and Remote Sensing Organisation Bangladesh Forest department Department of fishery Bangladesh Crop Protection Association Bangladesh Meteorological department Department of Environment Flood Action Plan Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral (Petrobangla) Power Development Board Bangladesh Water Development Board Department of Public Health and engineering Ministry of Disaster Management Ministry of Water Resources Centre for Environment and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council Soil Research Development Institute (SRDI) Mineral Resources Development Bureau (BMD) etc.

13 Existing compilations SEEA Central Framework Accounts Not compile (Planned) SEEA Ecosystem Accounts Not compile (taken initiative for developing) Other FDES indicators Bangladesh Environmental Statistics Framework (BESF) Compendium of Environment Statistics of Bangladesh-2009 Bangladesh Disaster-related Statistics 2015: Climate Change and Natural Disaster Perspectives

14 Context Other national statistical development activities National Household Database Quarterly National Accounts (QGDP) Statistical Business Register (SBR) Labour Force Survey (LFS) Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) Implementation of SNA 2008 (GOB funded project submitted) International activities focused on environment, sustainable development, biodiversity or green economy UNESCAP supports for developing Disaster Related Statistics Framework (DRSF) 2 nd phase ( ) UNDP supports for developing BESF UNEP supports for Reporting and Sharing Environmental Statistics

15 Priorities Compendium of Environmental Statistics Compilation of Resource Accounts (SEEA) Land & Soil Accounts Water Accounts Forest Climate change and Natural Disaster-related Statistics Environmental Protection and Resource Management expenditure Survey Household Survey of Health and Sanitation in disaster prone areas Climate and Natural disaster induced Migration Statistics in Bangladesh Urban/Rural (Household and Industrial) Waste Management Survey Developing a web based data sharing and reporting and ensuring access for stakeholders

16 Constraints Need capacity building Resource Accounts Land & Soil Accounts Water Accounts Forest Need data development Bangladesh Environmental Statistics Framework (BESF) Need institutional coordination or financing Technical and Financial Support from Developing Partner (DP)

17 Thank You