The project employs a comprehensive approach to scale up action and address the challenges described in the previous sections to: (i) increase the cover, improve quality and management of natural forests and biodiversity and coastal ‘green belt’ through collaboration with communities; (ii) improve living standards through alternative income generation options to forest dependent communities; and, (iii) BFD 4 Bangladesh Sustainable Forest and Livelihood Project improve the policy and regulatory environment to enhance tree planting on private lands. The project will be implemented in selected sites in 147 Upazilas/sub-districts of 28 districts.