Conserve Bandarban’s water and biodiversity

Speakers at a consultation meeting yesterday stressed the need to conserve water resources and biodiversity in Bandarban, accommodating indigenous ways of life to better adapt to climate change.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Economic Relations Division (ERD) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) jointly organised the meeting in Bandarban.

Additional secretary of the MoEFCC and National Adaptation Plan's (NAP) national project director Md Mizanul Haque Chowdhury was present as chief guest while Amal Krishna Mandal, joint secretary and wing chief of ERD, was special guest in the session chaired by Yasmin Parvin Tibriji, Bandarban DC.

Professor Ainun Nishat, NAP Formulation Consortium's team leader, during his keynote speech, said, "We will incorporate locally-led adaptation practices in the NAP".

"Chattogram Hill Tracts is a heavy rainfall region and it is a major contributing factor to flash floods that wreak havoc in the region and beyond," he added while drawing examples from changing patterns of climate.

Chief Guest Md Mizanul Haque Chowdhury said, "We are committed to implementing the Glasgow Climate Pact signed during COP26."