Forestry graduates

In most of the developed countries, forests are managed by professional foresters who typically require a 4-year university degree in forestry and a professional licence to practise forestry. In Bangladesh, nothing of that sort seems to have a place, especially with the Bangladesh Forest Department (BFD)the lone government agency that has lately earned so much of ill-repute due to unbridled corruption amongst its rank and file.
The BFD still maintains an arcane policy in recruiting its entry level officers - the Assistant Conservator of Forests (ACF) - who join the department through the Bangladesh Civil Service Exam (Forest Cadre) with a traditional master's degree from such disparate disciplines as botany, chemistry and zoology. Following recruitment, they undergo a condensed one-year-training in forestry that is inadequate, to say the least, for attaining the required knowledge and motivation in forestry. That's why we see so many of them becoming corrupt within a short while.
Therefore, the government must think of recruiting professional foresters with formal education and training in forestry and more importantly, with the motivation to becoming one in an effort to break the vicious cycle of corrupt practices within the BFD. Fortunately, three public universities have been producing graduates with a 4-year degree in forestry. I am sure these graduates with their technical knowledge and motivation can help the BFD become a responsible steward of our dwindling forest resources.
I certainly hope that the adviser in-charge will look into the issue as to why the BFD is not recruiting only forestry graduates as its officers.