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Biodiversity in Bangladesh
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 … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, biodiversity, celebration, climate change, conservation, culture, flora and fauna, forestry, governance, heritage, photography, rivers, waterways
Tagged biodiversity in bangladesh, ecosystem, ecotourism, Nature and Life Foundation, Prokriti O Jibon Foundation
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Polluters must pay
From The Daily Star Seminar seeks integrated approach for river drive The government must make the polluters pay for cleaning up the river Buriganga and undertake an integrated and scientific approach to this end, demanded leading environmental activists and experts … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, conservation, dredging, encroachment, governance, health, heritage, land grabbing, pollution, rivers, sanitation, waterways
Tagged 'Buriganga Clean-up: Approaches and Realities', Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority, Bangladesh Paribesh Andolon, BIWTA, chromium, Hazaribagh tanneries, Jatiya Press Club, landgrabbing, seminar, tanneries, tannery, The Balu River, The Shitalakkhya River, The Turag River
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Pollution warnings fall on deaf ears
By Pinaki Roy in The Daily Star Despite making repeated pledges, many of the industries, especially those of fabrics, dyeing and tannery, continue polluting rivers, canals and other wetlands in the city just to boost their profit, say Department of … Continue reading
Posted in The Buriganga River, conservation, fish, fresh water, governance, health, livelihoods, pollution, rivers, technology, water, waterways
Tagged Department of Environment, dyeing, effluent treatment plant, fabric dyeing industries, tannery, The Balu River, The Bangshai River, The Shitalakhya River, The Turag River
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World Bank to the aid of world’s largest mangrove forest
The Hindu The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a programme for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world’s single largest mangrove forest in the country’s south-western part. A comprehensive plan based … Continue reading
Bangladesh plans new court to take on polluters
Compiled by Azad Majumder, Anis Ahmed and Alex Richardson for Reuters (Reuters) - Bangladesh has proposed the setting up of an environment court with powers to jail polluters for up to five years, officials said Tuesday. They said the plan … Continue reading
Colours of water: Bangladesh’s leather tanneries
by Daniel Lanteigne on OurWorld2 Fuelled by a growing international appetite for leather, the industry represents a sizeable chunk of Bangladesh’s yearly export revenues — $284 million in 2007-08. There are about 200 leather tanneries in the Hazaribagh district of … Continue reading
Posted in conservation, fresh water, governance, health, pollution, resettlement, sanitation, water
Tagged Biodiversity, buriganga river, ecosystem, Hazaribagh, leather, pollution, tannery, tanning, toxic waste
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No legal bar to free rivers
The Daily Star SC clears way for govt to knock down all illegal structures; rejects appeal of 7 companies against HC verdict A Supreme Court (SC) order yesterday cleared the way for removing all structures, excluding the government ones set … Continue reading