Bangladesh
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27 June 2023
The rural poor who have weak or no land tenure rights are among the most vulnerable to the direct effects of climate change, both because insecure land tenure reduces the incentives and capacities to take good care of the land to mitigate /adapt to the effects of climate change, and because without…
23 June 2023
Climate change making Bangladesh's floods worse – DW – 06/23/2022
11 May 2023
Bangladesh, with its new Forest Conservation Bill of 2023, is on the brink of a momentous shift in its forest management practices, with two new laws set to revolutionize the sector. These laws, which will replace the colonial-era Forest Act of 1927, have been hailed as a “paradigm shift” and will…
13 April 2023
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A estimava é da FAO; atraso na superação da discriminação contra mulheres está gerando perdas de quase US$ 1 trilhão na produtividade global; protagonismo feminino poderia aumentar a resiliência de 235 milhões de pessoas; Timor-Leste é citado no estudo.
A Organização das Nações…
9 March 2023
Secure land rights for women and girls are linked to increased women’s leadership and autonomy, enhanced economic opportunities, better social security, safety and dignified societal standing.
(ILC/Jason Taylor)
Secure land rights for women and girls are linked to increased women’s leadership and…
Nationalism without a nation: What being Indian means for residents of merged Bangladesh enclaves ()
22 February 2023
Among the formerly ‘stateless’ residents of the enclave exchange, nationalism thrives despite the state’s failure to provide rights.
Main photo: A resident shows a land ownership document issued by Indian authorities at the Dashiarchhara Indian enclave in June 2004. | Reuters
On October 23, Musa…
17 January 2023
A move last year by the Bangladesh government to erase protections for a swath of reserved forest and award it to the country’s soccer federation for a training facility garnered outrage — but is only one example of how protected forests across the country continue to be degraded.
The country has…
30 December 2022
Excessive use of chemical fertilizers is causing soil health degradation in Bangladesh, putting the country’s food security at risk.
The degradation of soil health has been attributed to higher crop removal due to increasing crop intensity, use of modern crops (high-yielding varieties and hybrids…
8 November 2022
The tribal people including Catholics await justice six years after they were attacked and displaced in the Gaibandha district
Main photo: Bangladesh's indigenous Santal people take out a rally to demand justice six years after being attacked and driven out of their ancestral land in Gaibandha…
31 October 2022
On July 31, 2015, 51 Bangladeshi enclaves, all of which were located in Cooch Behar district, merged with the Indian mainland
Main photo: Madhya Mashaldanga, a former Bangladeshi enclave that is now an Indian village in Cooch Behar (Main Uddin Chisti)
Over 14,000 persons who had chosen to stay back…
15 October 2022
According to an official document obtained by UNB, nearly 3.7 million land-related disputes have remained pending at courts
Photo: UNB
The government is contemplating on 'Prevention and Remedies of Land Related Offences Act' to reduce the number of land-related lawsuits as it thinks the major share…
3 October 2022
Land prices surged over twenty-seven-fold, flat prices over seven-fold in the past 21 years, says study
Infographic: TBS
The school teacher Habiba Akter and private service holder Atiqur Rahman couple dreamt of owning a flat in Dhaka immediately after their marriage back in 2010. Almost twelve…