Water is another name for life
Many households in Bangladesh drink water from sources already contaminated with disease-causing bacteria and viruses. Dildur Begum explores how communities
Human activities endangering life in the haors
Farmers in the Haor region of Bangladesh face losses due to too much or too little rain and early flooding.
Public health is burning in the brick kilns
Rural communities in Bangladesh continue to face climate and health challenges, writes Shahinur Islam.
Farmer Purnachandra of Tularampur has been
Green shoots
As the sea level rises and storms rage agriculture fields, salinity is turning out to be a major issue for
The Garden of Eden – Drained to a naught
Believed to be the original Garden of Eden, the Mesopotamian Marshes sheltered rich biodiversity, and sustained the Marsh Arabs’ unique
A new horizon for smallholders in the Bengal delta
An initiative on weather information service sharing in Bangladesh is leading to a positive impact on the farmers, as they
Battling for survival along the warming source of Blue Nile
With increasing incidence of erratic rainfall and flooding affecting their crops, groups of small holder farmers switch from rain-fed summer
Dahla Dam – increasing the height vs nature-based watershed management
While the proposal to increase the height of Afghanistan’s Dahla Dam will increase the storage capacity, only nature-based watershed
The endless endurance of floods in Char
Thousands of residents are spending their days struggling for their lives on the banks of the Padma River in Bangladesh,
Depleting groundwater leaves residents without potable water
Barind region in Bangladesh that produces water-intensive boro rice, relies heavily on groundwater for irrigation. Climate-induced droughts, transboundary water issues
