A three-day agriculture technology fair began at Rangamati Municiality office premises on Wednesday to disseminate latest agriculture technology know-how among the hilly farmers of the district.
Category: Biodiversity
Sunflower farming flourishing in Satkhira
Sunflower (scientific name Helianthus annuus) has turned out to be a strong medium for economic uplift of the farmers in the district as the oilseed’s cultivation has risen around 35 times here over the last three years.
Deforestation could shift monsoons, leaving India high and dry
Large-scale deforestation could cause monsoon rains to shift south, cutting rainfall in India by nearly a fifth, scientists say.
Satellite data suggests forest loss is accelerating
Satellite images suggest tropical forests from the Amazon to the Philippines are disappearing at a far more rapid pace than previously thought, a University of Maryland team of forest researchers say.
Shrinking habitats have adverse effects on world ecosystems
As much as 70 percent of existing forest lands are within a half-mile of the forest edge, meaning they are prone to harm from encroaching urban or agricultural influences, warns a new study .
DR Congo seeks Virunga park boundary change
By Maud Jullien The Democratic Republic of Congo says it wants to redraw the boundaries of Virunga National Park, a World Heritage site, to allow for oil exploration. Prime Minister Matata Ponyo told the BBC that there were ongoing discussions…
Assam journos lend moral support to rhino conservation
By Nava Thakuria Guwahati: Assam Governor Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya is stealing media headlines with his recent outburst against the poaching of one-horned rhinoceros in protected reserves which has invited appreciation from a journalist body of northeast India. Journalists’ Forum Assam…
Forest tree seeds arrive at Svalbard’s ‘Doomsday vault’
The Svalbard “doomsday” vault – widely known for protecting global food crop seeds – has accepted its first delivery of forest tree species seeds.
Mechanized harvester makes potato farmers happy in Rajshahi
BSS, Rajshahi Instead of the long-lasting conventional method the potato farmers have started using mechanized harvester as it saves cost and reduces labor requirement during the ongoing peak harvesting season for the last couple of years in the region.
Khulna sluice gates set to turn useless for lack of river management
UNB, Khulna Most of the sluice gates in the district are on the way of becoming useless in the absence of proper management of the rivers and canals, creating worry for permanent water logging.
RDRS introduces rice seedling transplanter in Rangpur
RDRS Bangladesh has introduced rice seedling transplanter machines here on trial basis under Sustainable and Resilient Farming Systems Intensification (SRFSI) Project during this Boro season at two research farms.
No more irrigation DTW in high barind area
Barind Multipurpose Development Authority (BMDA), a state-owned organisation, has decided to check any more installation of deep tubewell (DTW) to control the lowering of underground water table.
Expanded mung bean cultivation for more profits stressed
Experts at a training course have stressed for expanding cultivation of short duration mung bean as an additional cash crop to earn more profits, improve soil health and meet local pulse demand.
Protect Sunderbans, remove plants, industries, godowns from forest
Speakers at a discussion meeting in Khulna on Saturday stressed the need for building awareness among the people to protect Sunderban, the largest mangrove forest in the world. They urged the government to declare 14th February as the Sunderban Day…
Rajshahi seed-potato growers show much interest to net house farming
Farmers of the region are seen showing much interested to seed-potato farming in net house method for multiplying the tissue-culture based seed-potato successfully.
Onion seed farms burgeoning in Rajshahi region
Commercial farming of onion- seed is increasing in Rajshahi region including its high Barind tract, as demand for this spice is rising day by day.
Skull clue to exodus from Africa
An ancient skull discovered in Israel could shed light on the migration of modern humans out of Africa some 60,000 years ago.
Farmers urged to enhance poultry farming, cattle rearing to earn economical profit
Speakers at a function here Wednesday urged the farmers to enhance poultry farming and cattle rearing to earn economical profit to change their socioeconomic condition gradually.
Maize cultivation continues in northern region
Cultivation of maize continues in full swing in the northern region where a target of producing over 13.49 lakh tonne of the cereal crop has been fixed from over 1.90 lakh hectares land for this Rabi season.
Water vessles start plying through Sunderban’s Shela river
The Shela river inside the Sunderbans was opened to movement of water transport vessels barely a month from the oil spill disaster that occured early last month. Environmentalists had been demanding closure of the route through the Sunderbans with a…
Russia wants to collect the DNA of every creature
Institutions have already been amassing huge DNA collections to catalog the world’s creatures, but Moscow State University might just top them all. It’s planning to build “Noah’s Ark,” a repository for the genes of every creature, living or extinct —…
Damage caused to Sundarbans may go up to Tk 500cr: BNP
The BNP probe panel, formed to investigate the oil-tanker crash in Sundarbans’ Shela River spilling out huge oil, has said the damage done to the Sundarbans due to the government’s reluctance and lack of coordination after the crash may go…
UN experts reach Sunderbans to assess oil-spill impacts
An expert team of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reached Mongla Port, Bagerhat on Monday afternoon to assess the impacts of the oil spill caused by the oil tanker crash to the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest. “The…
Nature body for impact study, BNP forms its team on Sunderbans
WildTeam, a nature conservation organisation based in Bangladesh, has urged the authorities concerned to prepare a baseline report on the immediate impact of the oil spill on the Sunderbans which would help assess the ecosystem recovery in the long term.…
Catastrophic oil spill endangers rare species – dolphins, tigers
Chuck Bednar for redOrbit.com An oil spill from a crashed tanker is causing what officials are calling an ecological “catastrophe” in the Sundarbans mangrove region of Bangladesh, putting two rare species of dolphin and several other forms of wildlife at…
Extensive Boro cultivation programme in Gaibandha
An extensive Boro cultivation programme has been taken in all the seven upazilas of the district during the current season.
Green activists for immediate steps to remove spilled oil
Green activists from separate demonstrations in the capital and Barisal on Friday demanded that the government take immediate steps to remove oil spilled across a vast area of the Sundarbans from an oil tanker. In the capital, Sundarbans Rakkha Jatiya…
Lima climate talks: Old divisions surface between rich and poor
Climate talks in Lima have entered their final day with long-running issues still dividing the parties, despite an impassioned appeal from US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Sunken tanker pulled ashore, oil spill damages to Sunderbans huge
Officials warned Thursday that oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological “catastrophe”. The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres (75,000 gallons) of oil…
Spilled oil of sunken tanker spreads to 40 kilometres stretch of river
The oil tanker that sank in Shela river inside the sunderbans spilling 357,000 litres of oil spill in the fragile mangrove forests threatening not only fishes and other aquatic animals and plants of the river but also the forests on…