Objectives of the BCTF
# To focus on national and international environmental issues, biodiversity conservation, nature conservation, bio-resource conservation, biodiversity researches and bio-resource management researches.
# To create a strong resource
bank, bio-resource bank, biodiversity working group and nature conservation
working group. The trust will build a comprehensive data base and a rich
website. There will be continuous information gathering and other
study/research initiatives for regular update of the website and the trust’s
achievements.
# To sensitize the
government, the trust will take steps to prepare a national policy for
protecting biodiversity, protecting bio-resources and protecting nature.
# To take academic, research
and non-academic initiatives to address problem. To conduct special researches
for using butterfly-plant interaction as “biotic indicator” for assessing
climate change impact on biodiversity. The trust will conduct the higher
researches in the fields.
# To cater training and
capacity building programmes, the trust will collaborate with national and
international partners or with own resources. The trust will take programmes
for nature conservation and biodiversity conservation in favour of all CBD
Articles and Annexes; and Bio-safety protocol.
# To publish journals,
research papers, newsletters, books, blogs, websites, video etc based on
research and development activities of the trust. In addition the trust will
help government, trade bodies and NGOs for preparing every environment related
publications, problems and attempts.
# The trust will have a unit
which will run watchdog missions to prepare recommendations for realistic
action plans for the sake of protecting nature and biodiversity.
# To make necessary
recommendations, the trust will independently conduct investigations,
fact-finding missions, and research and policy analysis. Later the finding will
be published in front of the media and on websites.
# To enhance the quality of
environmental writing and other best practice of environmental journalism, the
trust will facilitate training and workshops on biodiversity and biodiversity
conservation. The foundation will also spend affords to build a group of
environment writers, environment working group and biodiversity work plan.
# To create and establish
environment-sound ecotourism industry. To establish butterfly open Natural Park
and butterfly colonization centers. To be developed necessary frameworks for
joint collaboration efforts.
# To develop a permanent
participatory monitoring system by involving local people for conservation of
biodiversity and forest ecosystem. To create awareness about biodiversity
conservation among the people of all sphere of life.
# To help the government to
formulate necessary laws and guideline for environment and biodiversity
protection.
# To publish yearly papers on
implementation of environmental project and tales of success and failure will
be included in the whitepapers.
# To facilitate public and
experts’ dialogues on biodiversity such as seminars, roundtable discussion,
workshops and interaction with people.
# To build a lab for
biodiversity, biodiversity conservation and nature conservation researches. It
will gather funds and work.
# To offer ‘BCTF Award’ for the
contribution in the field of environment, biodiversity conservation and nature conservation. The
trust will also conduct ‘BCTF Prize’ for the undergraduate students to create
awareness about biodiversity conservation and nature conservation through
holding national and global competition.