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Climate Change Impact on the Sundarbans Community in Bangladesh

23 Nov 2012

Climate Change Impact on the Sundarbans Community in Bangladesh Climate Change Impact on the Poor People of the Sundarbans Community in Bangladesh Climate Change Impact on the Poor People of the Sundarbans Community in Bangladesh S. [...] For outstanding natural value, the World Heritage committee of UNESCO inscribed the Sundarban of Bangladesh in the 798th World Heritage list in 1997 and accordingly the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh declared the Sundarban as World Heritage Site in 1999. [...] The livelihood survival of the Sundarban community is linked with the forest resources of the Sundarbans, aquatic resources of the saline and fresh water wetlands. [...] Source of climate change and weather related information Television/Radio is the most common source of climate change and weather related information among the poor sections of the Sundarbans Community. [...] On January 01, 1997, CDP was instituted as a coordinating secretariat for a network of NGOs trying to relieve the sufferings of the people of the waterlogged areas in the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh.

Authors

S. Jahangir Hasan Masum

Pages
8
Published in
Bangladesh