River and Life
TREE-Training Research Education for Empowerment - Non-Profit - www.treebd.org
For centuries the river system of Bangladesh have watered the fields, put fish on the table and acted as avenue of the in and outside the world. The importance of rivers, gives them a crucial place in the ecology of myth and religion of some groups. Now people are just competing with nature and destructing its as much as they can. The result is that there is a threat of traditional livelihoods and long term impacts on ecology and environment.
However, during 1990s government polices to accelerated the country's GNP, to create more employment. A large industrial zone called the export processing zone (E PZ) was set up at Savar near river Bangshi. This industrial zone along with other local industries began discharging all of their industrial waste into the river and other open water body, undermining the health environment and livelihoods of the people.
9 comments
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Bhalinder Singh Sandhu
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jo bole so nihal!
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Anik
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Great Idea to save river
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Imon
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In a climate change era surface would be would one of the most conflicting issue among the community. Therefore save river means avoid conflict
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Imon
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In a climate change era surface would be would one of the most conflicting issue among the community. Therefore save river means avoid conflict
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Sabiha
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Only good strategies can help to reach towards goal. Proposed idea have potential to make it happen
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Rubi
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In the context of Bangladesh Save river is related to easing life of rural women
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Anonymous
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Save river and care environment
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Ahena
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River use to call the life line of Bangladesh. Save river means save lives. I asked people all around the world vote for this project
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Shahid Mallick
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River and Life project symbolized the river and culture relation in Bangladesh