Agroecology, which restores ecosystem functioning by maintaining soil health, is an effective strategy to achieve food security in the areas of the world where it is most needed. The challenge: The dramatic increase in crop production of the last 50…
By Tamara Khandaker It may have started out in jest, but two Canadians are now profiting off a smog “red alert” in Beijing, as Chinese people buy canisters of fresh air from the Rocky Mountains. From December 8 to December…
By Sundeep Waslekar In December 2009, I met Walid Muallem, Foreign Minister of Syria, in his office in Damascus, along with an eminent British politician. He rolled out before us his vision of peace process with Israel in phases. He…
Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud has called for joint efforts to harness the water resources in the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna basins in order to ensure greater wellbeing of the people of the region, official news agency BSS has…
The National Committee to Protect Oil-Gas, Power-Port and Natural Resources have rejected an invitation of the Energy and Power Ministry to visit the site of the Rampal coal-fired power plant, all-expenses paid. The committee comprising mostly Marxists, environmentalists and social…
Leaders of the International Farakka Committee (IFC), New York at a news conference held at Jackson Heights New York on called for joint basinwide integrated management of common rivers of South Asia and called for a regional framework modelled on…
Dhaka – Leaders of the International Farakka Committee, New York, International Farakka Committee, Bangladesh in a joint statement issued on Sunday urged Bngladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to initiate a move for joint basinwide integrated management of common rivers of…
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) is likely to approve a mega project on Thursday, aiming to protect around 2.5 million people in the country’s north-western region from erosion by the Jamuna River and thus help them…
The publication cereemony of a book ‘People of Many Rivers edited by Prof. Imtiaz Ahmed of Dhaka University and published by actionaid Bangladesh and the University Press Limited was held at a city hotel on Tuesday.
The 13th annual general meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Water Partnership on Saturday was told its activities in the coming year would concentrate more on promotion of climate change adaptation through capacity building, help improve sustainable water management and climate change…
British scientists are using aircraft packed with high-tech air monitoring equipment to predict what is happening in the lower atmosphere as the climate warms. While the extra heat in the oceans and on land, which can be measured, is known…
There is no alternative to creating social awareness and comprehensive efforts by all concerned for ensuring pollution-free rivers, which are lifelines for ecology, economy, biodiversity and heritage of the nation.The opinion came this afternoon at a post-walkathon discussion organised by…
By Manu Moudgil If there is ever to be a Third World War, many believe it will be fought over water, with South Asia serving as the flashpoint. The region houses a quarter of the world’s population and has less…
GreenWatch Report Leading Indian water expert and activist, Himanshu Thakkar his written in a latest post in the Waterwatch@yahoogroups – ” Interesting, MoWR secretary writes a letter dated Aug 25, 2015 to CWC Chair: ““Environmental flow of rivers is a…
Manoj Misra Nature has over the millennia truly linked a number of streams and rivers to form river basins in different parts of the world. ‘True’ link means a confluence of two or more rivers governed by terrestrial geography where…
Prof. Emajuddin Ahmed, former vice chancellor of Dhaka University on Saturday called for dealing with the problem of common rivers by taking lessons from Europe and East Asia where these are treated as common properties. Addressing a roundtable on ‘international…
By Wambi Michael KAMPALA, Aug 22 2015 (IPS) – Climate change is reducing the size of several species of fish on lakes in Uganda and its neighbouring East African countries, with a negative impact on the livelihoods of millions people…
The government has formed a high powered committee to remove 43 illegal religious structures and educational institutes from the bank of river Buriganga. “We have decided to remove all illegal structures from the bank of rivers guarding the capital. The…
The need for greater awareness and mass mobilisation to create pressure on the government for preventing the transfer of Brahmaputra water to India’s south through the river interlinking project was emphasised at a largely attended opinion exchange meeting in Dhaka…
Water experts and activists on Friday underscored the need for raising awareness about harmful effects of the Indian government plan to interlink the rivers of Assam, Bengal and Bihar and take water to the south of their country, and urged…
By Sunita Narain I do not know how best to respond to this question. These days, concerned about the toxic air of Delhi, many parents, particularly those with children who have asthma, ask me if they should leave the city.…
Our Correspondent Jhenidah – A mobile court led by Kaliganj upazila Assistant land officer and executive magistrate Shanaz Parvin have uprooted an alleged illegal grabbers from Chittra River’s area from Trilosonpur union area on Saturday.
Danielle Nierenberg The increasing trend of international land grabbing—when governments and private firms invest in or purchase large tracts of land in other countries for the purpose of agricultural production and export—can have serious environmental and social consequences. Investors claim…
Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud on Thursday said the government will not accept any project by neighbouring India that may be harmful to Bangladesh. “According to media reports, India has taken a move to interlink its rivers, But, I…
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday expressed deep concern over India’s reported move to connect Teesta-Ganga-Manas-Sankosh covering three states, saying the country will turn into a desert if the neighbouring country implements it. In a statement, Jamaat acting ameer Maqbul Ahmad also…
BNP yesterday extended unconditional support to the government to realise due share of common waters. “The entire people of Bangladesh are united on the question of water sharing. There is no difference amongst Awami League, BNP, Jatiya Party or Communist…
New Delhi: Moving forward with its grand plan of linking rivers across the country, India’s Centre on Monday announced that it will take up the task of connecting Manas-Sankosh-Teesta-Ganga in Assam, West Bengal and Bihar. The three states will soon…
Samir Mehta samir@internationalrivers.org Widely hailed as ‘green’ sources of renewable energy, hydroelectric dams have been built worldwide at an unprecedented scale. But research from the University of East Anglia reveals that these major infrastructure projects are far from environmentally friendly.…
Bangladesh will face severe water crisis within next couple of decades due to random contamination of surface and ground water, absence of comprehensive water sharing with neighbouring countries and mismanagement in preserving rain water. According to water experts, although the…
Posted: 29 Jun 2015 Political boundaries are drawn without any consideration to river basin boundaries. There are 263 rivers crossing international boundaries, but only 143 of them have developed any mechanism for co-operative water management, while 158 lack any such…