Is our research supporting our policymaking?
The core purpose of academic research and publications can’t be appointing and promoting university teachers, or getting into university rankings.
1w ago
Integrating our conservation and adaptation approaches
Over the last five years, one approach took shape quite strongly in relation to climate change and biodiversity conservation, and that is Nature-based Solutions.
3w ago
Creating a community for conservation
While our country does have long co-management experience regarding land and inland waters, it doesn't have it for the sea.
Forest Department’s leadership crucial for conservation
The Forest Department should further strengthen its leadership in biodiversity conservation by working on “conservation finance.”
Overcoming our environmental policy inertia
A list of major environmental policy initiatives in Bangladesh that have been stuck in a limbo for many years
Are we stealing youth from the young?
Are we hiding society’s structural failures by using the young as a shield?
Strengthening our blue economy
While thinking of a sea-based economy, we must think of “Blue Justice” and “Blue Equity” to ensure people's rights over coasts, seas, and the resources therein.
Bangladesh should advocate nature conservation at COP28
The COP28 will be held in Dubai, in the UAE, from November 30 till December 12.
December 17, 2021
How crucial is nature for our prosperity?
The Government of Bangladesh has recently drafted the Mujib Climate Prosperity Plan Decade 2030.
December 4, 2021
Mainstreaming nature-based solutions into development in Bangladesh
On November 13, 2021, the two-week 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP26, ended in Scotland with the participating nations agreeing upon the Glasgow Climate Pact.
September 6, 2021
Using our climate funds right
When I talk about Bangladesh’s climate change response, I get excited by the thought of three milestones.
August 26, 2021
Five changes we need in the fifth year of the Rohingya crisis
Over the last four years, the Rohingya refugee crisis has changed the Cox’s Bazar-Teknaf Peninsula on many levels.
August 8, 2021
Can we be bold enough and integrate Nature-based Solutions into Blue Economy?
Before answering the question in the title, let’s look into Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and Blue Economy.
July 31, 2021
What will the next phase of floating agriculture look like?
If we track the history of floating agriculture in Bangladesh, we may find six major phases. It is difficult to pinpoint when floating cultivation began in Bangladesh—the current reckoning goes up to 400 years ago.
July 11, 2021
Is a new vision possible for Tanguar Haor?
Over the last 50 years, Bangladesh’s journey towards community development has essentially been a result of government, donors, and NGOs coming together to work for the vulnerable people.
March 22, 2021
Nature-based solutions for our towns and cities
When we talk about nature-based solutions (NbS)—that is protecting, managing, restoring or creating ecosystems for the benefit of the people and biodiversity—we almost always think of wilderness or rural areas.
February 18, 2021
Is floating agriculture a nature-based solution?
Farmers of the south-central districts of Bangladesh, namely Barishal, Gopalganj, Madaripur, and Pirojpur, have been practicing floating agriculture for decades, if not centuries.
February 2, 2021
Can we look at Bhashan Char through a research lens?
The third batch of Rohingya refugees entered Bhashan Char on January 29 and January 30, 2021. Out of Cox’s Bazar’s 867,000 refugees, about 6,700 have now been voluntarily relocated since December 2020 to this island on the Bay of Bengal.
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