Bangladesh and Environment
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- The BLDS environment collection
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Search for the latest environment-related print documents on this country from the British Library for Development Studies collection
- Riverbank erosion displacees in Bangladesh: need for institutional response and policy intervention
- 2011
- Environmental refugees are one of the most burning issues at this time throughout the world. Bangladesh, a riverine country, is suffering from acquit riverbank erosion which compels millions of her population to be displaced from thei...
- Climate Change and Flow of Environmental Displacement in Bangladesh
- T. Akter / Unnayan Onneshan, 2009
- This study depicts environmental displacement with the premise of increased frequency of natural disasters and the adverse impacts of climate change. Bangladesh is already experiencing recurrent floods, severe cyclones, water logging,...
- Water and energy dynamics in the Greater Himalayan region: opportunities for environmental peacebuilding
- M. Renner / Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre, 2011
- The water crisis in the Greater Himalayas constitutes an enormous challenge for the region and a growing, if still under-reported, concern in the West. Elements of the crisis include floods and droughts, unpredictable changes in the t...
- Biodiversity leads to food security: the case of Bangladesh
- M.A. Baten / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
- This research paper explains the relationship between food production and agricultural biodiversity, and analyses the impact of indiscriminate loss of agricultural biodiversity on food security. Bangladesh has been sufferin...
- Developing countries should redirect public subsidies from promoting modern varieties to support community seed banks
- A.P. Kroglund; A. Wilhelmsen; B. Batta / Development Fund, Norway, 2011
- The aim of seed banks is to increase food security and contribute to the continued utilisation of locally important genetic diversity. This paper is sought to document the experiences of community seed banks (CSBs) in a number of deve...
- Is hazard-free e-waste recycling possible?
- S.U. Ahmed / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- This study aims at examining the current practice of recycling e-waste in the informal sectors of Bangladesh and identifying the problems towards development of a system of hazard-free e-waste recycling in the country. It ...
- Developing an e-waste management policy
- S.U. Ahmed / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011
- Electronic waste is becoming a serious threat for our surrounding environment. Integrated initiatives are needed to fight this growing concern in Bangladesh. Within this background, this paper is the second in a series, aimed at calcu...
- The negative long-term impact of industrial waste
- M.H. Rashid; U. Saika; K.M.S. Huda / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
- There has been a remarkable and refreshing interest in the urban environment over the past few years. Advanced nations are economically developed and no doubt developing countries are more concerned about economic development. One of ...
- Is the tragedy of fishery commons a market failure or a capability failure?: A look at Tanzania and Bangladesh
- S. Jentoft; P. Onyango; M.M Islam / International Journal of the Commons, 2010
- Based on case studies of small-scale fisheries and poverty in Bangladesh and Tanzania, this article argues that the root of the tragedy of the commons is the restriction of freedom rather than unlimited freedom. The paper states that ...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Equity & Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Alliance of NGO and CSO activists in Bangladesh
- Institute of Water and Flood Management, Bangladesh (IWFM)
- Research, teaching and training organization focussing on water and flood management in Bangladesh
