May be the whale is still alive, if so, Let us know!
As we know a group of travelers from BTEF have found an entangled whale (a Bryde’s whale) in the Bay of Bengal during the mid of February. Till that time we were trying to get some help to rescue that wounded whale. As it is [...]
By | Muntasir Mamun Imran, Country Coordinator, International Coastal Cleanup, The Ocean Conservancy
Whale! Whale!! Whale? In Bangladesh? No way!! No one can even imagine the existence of whale in Bay of Bengal is a small corridor of the mighty Indian Ocean, but due to the favorable geographical location it’s not impossible to find whales and [...]
A new sport has emerged in a country which has a reputation for being one of the flattest in the world – mountain biking in Bangladesh.
The activity is growing in popularity in the south-eastern Chittagong Hill Tracts, a predominantly tribal area bordering Burma.
This is no weekend jaunt through pleasant forestry. Riders have to cope with [...]
World Wetlands Day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on the 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar. Each year, February 2 is observed as an opportunity to undertake actions to promote our awareness of wetland values and benefits. At the same time, this is the day for [...]
By Muntasir Mamun Imran | Kewkradong Bangladesh
Even for Bangladesh’s case CIGARETTE butts, poly bags don’t fall from sky, they fall from our hands. The elements that pollute our beaches are the things that we dump in the shorelines; these elements are the things we use regularly and for that it not necessary to be a [...]
By Andreas Schild, PhD, Director General
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, (ICIMOD)
International Mountain Day provides us with an opportunity to join with our friends and colleagues from the Hindu Kush-Himalayas and the rest of the world in creating awareness about the importance of mountains for sustenance, to highlight the opportunities and constraints in mountain development, [...]
600,000 people died as a direct consequence from more than 11,000 extreme weather events from 1990 to 2008, the 2010 Global Climate Risk Index shows.
The report from the climate and development organization Germanwatch was released on Tuesday at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, Denmark.
According to the index, Bangladesh is the country most severely [...]
A Global Fund for Water as part of the Copenhagen accord
Environmental shocks such as floods, droughts, sea-level rise and melting glaciers are core reasons for humans to be concerned about changes in the world’s climates. These shocks affect us now and will continue to do so in the future. It is imperative that we continue [...]
by Staff Writers | New Delhi (AFP) Nov 24, 2009 | http://www.terradaily.com
India’s water needs are set to double by 2030, which could dry up its river basins, according to new research released Tuesday that paints a grim picture for supplies across the emerging world.
Global fresh water demand by 2030 will be 40 percent higher than [...]
