What We Do
ANCF organises its work across nine interconnected domains, all rooted in community-led action and grounded in the conservation of native and endangered species across Bangladesh.
Community Plantation
Native and endangered tree species planted with schools, colleges, universities, religious institutions, government offices, and local community groups. Seedlings are also distributed to households for homestead and roadside planting.
Where it happens: University and college campuses, primary and high schools, mosque and temple grounds, Eidgah grounds, community centres, hill-tract villages, railway stations, and government office compounds.
Climate Actions
Plantation, public awareness, and policy advocacy linked to climate resilience. Tree cover and native species recovery are framed not only as biodiversity outcomes but as part of community-level climate adaptation.
Tree Tagging
Labelling individual trees on campuses and in public spaces with scientific and local names. Tags become teaching tools, a starting point for tree inventories, and a way to build a public habit of noticing trees.
Biodiversity Conservation
Working to protect habitats and species that anchor Bangladesh's biodiversity — with particular attention to native fruit trees, threatened plant species, and the small forest patches that survive in human-dominated landscapes.
Community Awareness
School visits, college campus events, book-fair stalls (such as the Arjuna Anweshya Boi Mela in Tangail) and youth engagement programmes that build awareness on biodiversity, climate change, and the role of native species.
Forest Bathing
Guided shinrin-yoku style nature-immersion programmes adapted to Bangladeshi forests. Slow, sensory time outdoors is used as both a wellbeing practice and an entry point for conservation engagement.
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Mapping
Spatial inventories of endangered tree species and habitats — including campus tree maps, regional plantation site maps, and pilots for a national endangered-plant atlas. Mapping is treated as the foundation for any serious restoration work.
Science in Conservation
Applying quantitative tools — i-Tree, remote sensing, GIS, species inventories — to measure tree cover, estimate ecosystem services, and guide where and what to plant next.
Nature Experience
Curated field visits and outdoor learning programmes for students, youth groups, and the public — building a personal stake in the forests and species ANCF works to conserve.
How These Connect
The nine domains are not separate silos. A typical ANCF cycle looks like:
- Mapping identifies a site or species cluster that needs attention.
- Community plantation places native seedlings there, in partnership with a local institution.
- Tree tagging turns the planted trees into a labelled, monitorable set.
- Science in conservation measures growth, survival, and ecosystem benefit over time.
- Forest bathing, nature experience, and community awareness bring the public into that landscape so it stays cared for.
- Climate actions and biodiversity conservation frame everything above in its longer-term purpose.