The wild frontier of animal welfare Earth Day 2021: Restore Our Earth Soil degradation: the problems and how to fix them How We Can Put a Halt to Biodiversity Loss Rhino numbers recover, but new threats emerge Govt afforests over 25,000 hectares of land in nearly three years How to stop discarded face masks from polluting the planet How plastics contribute to climate change Unplanned industrialisation killing the Sutang river ‘Covid-19 medical waste disposal neglected’
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5 RARE ANIMALS TO LOOK FOR IN BANGLADESH

Dhaka, March 1, 2021: It’s not easy to get out of the traffic of Dhaka, but once you do, the marshy, forested wilderness of Bangladesh is thick. Now, travelers today are unlikely to run across Bangladesh’s most famous animal, the mighty Bengal tiger, but hidden in the swamps and jungles, some very special animals are lurking. Despite […]

Organic farming brings smile to Kalapara farmers

Dhaka, 28 February, 2021: Farmers in 15 villages of Nilganj union in Patuakhali's Kalapara upazila had no other choice but to produce just a single variety of crop in a year due to salinity in the cultivable land. Rest of the time of the year, they used to catch fish or work as day labourers. […]

সারা দেশে ৬ হাজারেরও বেশি অনানুষ্ঠানিক ও অবৈধ ইউল্যাব পুনর্ব্যবহার কার্যক্রম

ঢাকা, ২৫ ফেব্রুয়ারি, ২০২১: স্বাস্থ্যগত ঝুঁকি ও পরিবেশ দূষণরোধে সরকারের উচিত ব্যবহৃত লেড এসিড ব্যাটারির পরিবেশভিত্তিক সঠিক ব্যবস্থাপনা করা। এর অননুমোদিত পুনর্ব্যবহার নিয়ন্ত্রণ করা। আজ বুধবার এনভায়রনমেন্ট এন্ড সোশ্যাল ডেভেলপমেন্ট অর্গানাইজেশন (এসডো), ইউএন এনভায়রনমেন্ট প্রোগ্রাম এবং ইন্টারন্যাশনাল লেড এসোসিয়েশন-আইএলএ’র যৌথ আয়োজনে অনুষ্ঠিত একটি ক্যাপাসিটি বিল্ডিং কর্মশালায় বিশেষজ্ঞরা এই মন্তব্য করেন। পিওর আর্থ এবং ঢাকা বিশ্ববিদ্যালয়ের […]

Sundarbans saw 31 fires in 19 years

Dhaka, 22 February, 2021: 90 acres of the mangrove forest burnt. About 90 acres of forest land has been burnt in 31 fire incidents in the last 19 years in the Sundarbans, according to the Forest Department. On Monday, a fire broke out in Chandpai range at the end of the Dhansagar Forest Station boundary of […]

Energy security and our future

Dhaka, 22 February, 2021: Energy security is a difficult thing to analyse for a country because it is dependent on many factors. To assist in the analysis, researchers have identified four components of energy security: i) Availability; ii) Sustainability; iii) Affordability; and iv) Accessibility. To get an idea of how energy secure a country is, […]

Is floating agriculture a nature-based solution?

Dhaka, 18 February, 2021: Farmers of the south-central districts of Bangladesh, namely Barishal, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Pirojpur, have been practicing floating agriculture for decades, if not centuries. But over the last two decades, this indigenous, wetland-based agrosystem has turned into something of a "climate celebrity". During monsoon months, floating beds are traditionally made with compactly […]

Sundarbans: Let’s save our best friend

Dhaka, 18 February, 2021: The Sundarbans plays a motherly role in protecting Bangladesh from natural disasters. The Sundarbans has become essential to our lives for a variety of reasons. The Sundarbans is the largest delta in the world and one of the longest saline wetlands and a very important ecosystem rich in biodiversity. Its area in […]

Why early child development needs urgent focus

Dhaka, 18 February, 2021: The year is young, holding out much promise for a better tomorrow. Our young children are showing a preparedness, even a degree of eagerness, for going “back to schooling”. Our policymakers and leaders have begun the discussion on national priorities ahead of the budget season, with the word “tomorrow” assuming much […]

How do we tackle the injustices of climate change?

Dhaka, 18 Febuary, 2021: Last week, I wrote about the rather esoteric issue of loss and damage from human-induced climate change and how this issue has been discussed under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) over the years, and what might be the possible outcomes at the upcoming 26th Conference of Parties […]

How a Bangladeshi woman scripted a success story in vermi venture

Dhaka 2 February, 2021: ‘Vermicompost improves the fertility conditions of soil by increasing the availability of nutrients for plants, in turn increasing the farm production’ In 2016, she started small—out of the same premises she lives with her family—more of an experiment than a business. Today, Nasrin Sultana, a resident of Jhikargachha upazila's Barbakpur village, […]

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