The pains of collecting drinking water
In the coastal regions of Bangladesh, clean drinking water is a precious commodity. Samiha Sabur visited a fishermen community in…
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“We were happy to live near the river…till the house started tilting”
Riverbank erosion causes severe damage to the affected communities in Vietnam's Mekong Delta. Vuong Kha Tu shares an…
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Small-scale solutions to riverbank erosion
On Son Island, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta region, erosion is a major problem. While the government tries to…
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To alleviate the pain behind the lush Mekong Delta
The Mekong Delta in Vietnam is a fascinating region with lush landscapes and unique river life. But it is threatened…
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Living on the edge
Every year, thousands of hectares of land erode and fall into the rivers in Bangladesh. Rising water levels swallow homes…
Here comes the flood!
Interview series 'The Challenges of Tomorrow'
Dutch visual artist Rem van den Bosch
Aggravated by climate change, there…
"All hands on deck for the Netherlands to deliver now"
Interview series 'The Challenges of Tomorrow'
Dutch water envoy Henk Ovink
Severe impact of climate change such as…
“Every development should be climate proof”
Aggravated by climate change, there is a surge in sea level rise, floods, droughts and heat waves, and an increasing…
Drinking water crisis in the Chittagong Hill Tracts
Climate change and increasing deforestation are drying up the streams in the Chittagong Hill Tracts in southeastern Bangladesh, writes Jiten…
Unbridled groundwater extraction leading to depletion
The Barind Tract in Bangladesh risks desertification in the near future unless indiscriminate abstraction of groundwater is stopped now, writes…
Livelihood of coastal area people
The southern coast of Bangladesh is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal. Shahanaj Akter Poly lives on the southwestern edge…
Hardships and solutions
A tale of river basin people in north central region of Bangladesh. How do they deal with water and climate…
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