Biodiversity in Bangladesh? For real?
Often touted as the first country to sink under the ocean due to the impending sea level rise due to the effects of climate change I was very pleasantly surprised to receive a link to this video in my mail box.
This promotional video is part of the Prokriti O Jibon (Nature and Life) Foundations’ efforts to illustrate the extraordinary biodiversity in this delta nation. The final episode of an 8 part series remains to be broadcast on The Channel 1 network in Bangladesh in the next few days.
Although for a home audience, I hope they let the cat out of the bag and put it all up on youTube. No questions asked.
Bangladesh is rich in freshwater and sediment resources with habitat for an extraordinary array of flora and fauna. The government of Bangladesh can really leverage something like this, and perhaps should do it quickly, before the opportunities really are lost forever.
I have never come across a report or review that has highlighted the potential ‘eco’ touristic opportunities of Bangladesh. Far, far away from a suffocated Buriganga river, the polluting tanneries, land grabbing and population explosion of Dhaka.
It makes me want to go and see it for myself.
Thanks to Anis for the link
For more information:
Prokriti O Jibon Foundation, House-42, Road-8, Block-D, Niketon, Gulshan-1, Dhaka-1212. Bangladesh.
Tel: +88 02 9898323
Email: prokritiojibon[at]gmail.com
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