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
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / 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. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- The water sector and aid effectiveness
- K Welle; B Evans; J Tucker / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- This paper reviews the extent to which the five Paris Principles (PPs) on Aid Effectiveness (AE) are being applied in the water and sanitation sector. Comparisons are made between the water, health and education sectors. The five prin...
- Influencing policy processes in inland fisheries in Bangladesh to promote sustainable livelihoods
- J. Keeley / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
- What are the dilemmas facing field staff trying to engage with – and influence – policy processes? What successes have there been in implementing Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) approaches in Bangladesh? This IDS pub...
- The impact of demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries
- R. Black; D. Kniveton; R. Skeldon / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2008
- This working paper seeks to explore the potential impact of future demographic and climate change on migration patterns in developing countries, in order to identify policy implications for international development and evidence gaps ...
- Addressing the needs and rights of those affected by riverbank erosion in Bangladesh
- C., R. Abrar; S., N. Azad / Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2007
- Each year, tens of thousands of people in Bangladesh are internally displaced as a consequence of riverbank erosion. Yet, such erosion does not draw the attention of policy makers in the same way that other natural disasters do and as...
- Can irrigation provide a route towards poverty alleviation?
- M. Lipton / Poverty Research Unit, Sussex, 2008
- Focusing on water resources and irrigation, this paper documents a talk by Michael Lipton exploring approaches to poverty alleviation in developing Asia. The talk discusses the findings of a recent paper ‘Pro-poor intervention s...
- Are countries meeting their commitments to preserve, protect and restore forest biodiversity?
- M. Lovera; S. Gauntlett, (ed); A. Laletin, (ed) / Convention on Biological Diversity, 2008
- This paper assesses what progress different countries have made over recent years on preserving, protecting and restoring forest biological diversity. Specifically, the report presents the findings of research undertaken in 22 countri...
- What is environmental justice?
- J. Mijin Cha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2007
- Traditionally, Himalayan communities depend on access to land, tenure, and use rights in order to feed their families. Tenure and use rights play a large role in the decisions made about the use of land, whether it is invested in and ...
- How can livelihood diversification influence adaptive capacities in rural Bangladesh?
- J. Pouliotte; N. Islam; B. Smit; S. Islam / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2006
- For many of the poorest residents of Subarnabad, a village in rural Bangladesh, lackof money to meet basic needs is related to the environmental changes that have been occurring during the last 25 to 30 years. The authors describe the...
- Shifting cultivation as "good practice"?: lessons from the Eastern Himilayas
- E. Kerkhoff; E. Sharma / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2006
- Hundreds of millions of people in Asia are dependent on shifting cultivation, yet the practice has tended to be seen in a negative light and discouraged by policy makers. This document challenges prevailing as...
- 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
