While scientists and the international community endlessly debate and argue, millions of Bangladeshi citizens have already been displaced by climate change - for them the worst-case 'nightmare' climate scenario is already real
… Bangladesh’s climate displacement nightmare … | 18th April 2011 Comment Climate Change Bangladesh Sundarbans Displacement Comment … endlessly debate and argue, millions of Bangladeshi citizens have already been …
Plans to introduce a controversial GM variety of brinjal (aubergine / eggplant) in Bangladesh are opposed by 100 civil society organisations around the world. As Mae Wan Ho reports, the issue is arousing powerful passions ...
… Bangladesh - farmers say no to GM vegetables … January 2014 News GMOs Gm Food Farming India Bangladesh Philippines no-to-bt-brinjal.png … variety of brinjal (aubergine / eggplant) in Bangladesh are opposed by 100 civil society …
It is becoming ever more apparent that if the proposed new Rampal coal plant is a ‘dream project' for India, then as currently conceived it stands to become a nightmare for Bangladesh warns GREIG AITKEN
… coal dream fast becoming a nightmare for Bangladesh Greig Aitken BankTrack | 11th … conceived it stands to become a nightmare for Bangladesh warns GREIG AITKEN Last month's … contract to build the Rampal coal plant in Bangladesh, just a few miles from the edge of …
Following our exclusive investigation, Ingvild Jenssen from the NGO Platform on Shipbreaking explains how tougher regulations simply relocated the shipbreaking industry, and how the public can help stop the trade
… 2010 News Shipbreaking Waste And Recycling Bangladesh Natural World agate burning.jpg … the Agate exploded while being dismantled in Bangladesh Following our exclusive … Ecologist: Why are companies sending ships to Bangladesh and India for scrappage ? Ingvild …
An increase in natural disasters along Bangladesh's coastal belt is forcing communities to relocate to nearby districts and cities, many forced to live an uncertain life of poverty.
… Photo story: Bangladesh's climate refugees The Ecologist | 8th February 2011 News Bangladesh Climate Change Climate Refugees … An increase in natural disasters along Bangladesh's coastal belt is forcing …
A BBC documentary claimed 90% success for a controversial GM crop in Bangladesh, Bt brinjal, writes Claire Robinson. But as journalist Faisal Rahman discovered, there's no evidence to support the claim, the BBC relied on biased sources, and its journalists failed to investigate reports of widespread crop failure. Was it all an exercise in pro-GMO propaganda?
… | 30th July 2015 News GMOs Food Farming Media Bangladesh UK … 90% success for a controversial GM crop in Bangladesh, Bt brinjal, writes Claire … Fear', has come under attack from a Bangladeshi journalist for falsely portraying …
Workers are dying in conditions described as 'hell on earth' yet the west's shipping industry continues sending ships to the country for disposal
… UK sending ships to deadly scrapyards in Bangladesh The Ecologist | 24th February 2010 News Bangladesh Waste And Recycling Ships agate … the Agate exploded while being dismantled in Bangladesh Workers are dying in conditions …
Workers are dying in Bangladesh’s shipyards because the west's shipping industry - including UK companies - is not taking responsibility for the disposal of ageing vessels
… How we poison Bangladesh with toxic ship carcasses Andrew … And Recycling Shipbreaking Shipping Trade Bangladesh ship in sea.jpg Workers are dying in Bangladesh’s shipyards because the west's …
Campaign group calls for a consumer boycott of tropical prawns to stop environmental pollution and human rights abuse in Bangladesh
… obsession 'devastating' local communities in Bangladesh Tom Levitt | 30th September 2011 … pollution and human rights abuse in Bangladesh The popularity of tropical shrimp – … a devastating impact on local communities in Bangladesh, reveals a new investigation …
There's absolutely no evidence for BBC Panorama's claim of 90% success for Bt brinjal in Bangladesh, writes Claire Robinson. But that has not stopped the BBC Trust from dismissing all complaints against its monstrously dishonest report. Nor has it diminished the jubilation of GMO cheerleaders.
… | 14th April 2016 Comment GMOs Science Bangladesh Media UK Regulation Farming … claim of 90% success for Bt brinjal in Bangladesh, writes Claire Robinson. But that … Bt toxin, had been a 90% success in Bangladesh. In reality, the claimed "success" …
As COP21 reaches its endgame, there are plans to build 2,440 coal-fired power plants around the world, write Mowdud Rahman & Greig Aitken. Their completion would send global temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate vulnerable' large country, has plans for a 1.3GW coal power plant on the fringes of its World Heritage coastal wetlands.
… world's largest mangrove forest - and Bangladesh's future Mowdud Rahman Greig Aitken … Fossil Fuels Coal Biodiversity Conservation Bangladesh sundarbans-tiger-cut.jpg As COP21 … temperatures, and sea levels, soaring. Yet Bangladesh, the world's most 'climate …
Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest, home of incredibly rich biodiversity, is under unprecedented threat, writes ASMG Kibria. The recent oil tanker capsize on the Shela river puts the forest at risk of widespread biodiversity loss, but just this week, the authorities re-opened the Shela river to shipping with no restrictions on hazardous cargoes.
… As rivers re-open to shipping, oil threat to Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest continues ASMG Kibria | 9th January 2015 News Bangladesh Oil Polluition Biodiversity … Transport irawaddy-dolphin-dead-cut.jpg Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest, home of …
Human induced climate change will have many effects on people’s homes, livelihoods and current way of living. But what happens with the millions that will be displaced? ARTHUR WYNS takes a look at Bangladesh, a low-lying country of delta’s marshes and Sundarbans that is at the forefront of dealing with climate migration.
… Wyns | 21st August 2017 News Climate Change Bangladesh Migrants Refugees … be displaced? ARTHUR WYNS takes a look at Bangladesh, a low-lying country of delta’s … by Sheikh Hasina Wazed, the prime minister of Bangladesh, declared that the predicted one …
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.
… | 1st June 2008 News Science And Technology Bangladesh Pollution Environmental Standards … the Hazaribagh area of Dhaka produces much of Bangladesh’s leather, most of which is … $240 million worth of skins are exported from Bangladesh, most of which are sent to the …
She is our sister. That garment holds the story of her life. If we ignore it, if we do not care to understand, she suffers. And so do we.
… listen Anita Roddick | 8th July 2004 News Bangladesh Clothes Wal-Mart Garment Workers … Anita Roddick's report from the sweatshops of Bangladesh and what she is asking the … what you can do ... I’ve just returned from Bangladesh, and I’m angry. Not, of course, …
With Fairtrade Fortnight in full swing, Ruth Styles caught up with People Tree founder, Safia Minney, and Swallows director, Santo Haque, to find out why hand weaving is set to be fashion's next big scandal
… Tree Santo Huque Swallows Handicrafts Centre Bangladesh Fashion Textiles safia.jpg With … are 10 million hand weavers in India and Bangladesh; it's the second largest sector … weavers. We have this economic policy [in Bangladesh and India] that promotes urban …
Decades violent expulsions, race laws and denial of citizenship lie at the root of the 'boat people' crisis in Thailand and Malaysia, writes Oliver Tickell. Attacks on the Rohingya minority have escalated since a new policy was announced in 2014 to permanently deny their rights.
… in boat people leaving western Burma and Bangladesh to "decades of repression and … over 250,000 Rohingya into neighboring Bangladesh - which forcibly returned many of … hundreds of thousands of Rohingya into Bangladesh. A second forcible return followed …
Cornell’s 'no pest' Bt brinjal project in Bangladesh appears to be going great with 200 farmers signed up, reports Farida Akhter. Only its not - hardly any of the farmers who grew the GM plants in previous years have come back for more after their crops wilted, failed to ripen, or were devastated by pests.
… Bangladeshi farmers ditch GM brinjal Farida … Akhtar GMWatch | 5th February 2016 News Bangladesh GMOs Farming bt-brinjal.png … Cornell’s 'no pest' Bt brinjal project in Bangladesh appears to be going great with 200 …
Vigils in London and Bangladesh mark fourteenth anniversary of the Phulbari Massacre.
… Coal Phulbari Solidarity Vigils in London and Bangladesh mark fourteenth anniversary of the … ‘Phulbari Day’ is officially recognised in Bangladesh and is observed with vigils and … takes place in solidarity with those in Bangladesh and mirrors a silent rally of the …
Must-have handbags? shoes to die for? From cheap trinkets to luxury car interiors, Jim Wickens discovers the startling facts behind what we buy into when we buy leather goods.
… the Hazaribagh area of Dhaka produces much of Bangladesh’s leather, most of which is … $240 million worth of skins are exported from Bangladesh, most of which are sent to the … versus public health Leather tanning in Bangladesh and across Southern Asia, is a …
Rural families in Bangladesh spend almost two billion dollars a year on preventing climate related disasters and repairing the damage.
… Climate Change Burden Finance Funding Bangladesh … Rural families in Bangladesh spend almost two billion dollars a … and repairing the damage. Rural families in Bangladesh, many of whom live in poverty, are …
Khushi Kabir was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005 for her work at Nijera Kori, which has helped organise over 175,000 landless people in Bangladesh's rural areas since 1980
… CAMPAIGN HERO: Khushi Kabir, empowering Bangladesh's most vulnerable Matilda Lee | … Make A Difference Aquaculture Shrimp Farming Bangladesh Khushi Kabir 1khushi.jpg Khushi … organise over 175,000 landless people in Bangladesh's rural areas since 1980 What has …
Floods in Sierra Leone. Floods in India. Floods in Nepal. Floods in Bangladesh. Officials now estimate 41 million people across India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been affected. And of course there have been floods in Houston, Texas. We knew climate change would bring more flooding, so is this what the future holds, asks CLAIRE JAMES
… 2017 News Floods Sierra Leone India Nepal Bangladesh Houston Texas 405203.jpg Floods in … Floods in India. Floods in Nepal. Floods in Bangladesh. Officials now estimate 41 million people across India, Nepal and Bangladesh have been affected. And of course …
The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove forest, is a deeply misconceived project that must be abandoned, writes Johan Frijns in this Open Letter to the Exim Bank of India - which is planning to finance its construction. It would severely damage the precious local environment and wildlife, while adding to global climate change and sea level rise.
… 2016 Comment Climate Change Fossil Fuels Coal Bangladesh India Natural World Water Oceans … The Rampal coal power plant in Bangladesh, near the world's greatest mangrove … the coastal areas and shielding the people of Bangladesh from the devastation of cyclones, …