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Monday, July 25, 2016
Thursday, July 21, 2016
Haor Declaration 2008
http://www.watermuseum.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Haor-Declaration2.pdf"&...
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Haor and Trans-boundary Rivers in Bangladesh
Trans-boundary Rivers and Haor Region
• Districts in Haor Region- 7
• Six of them are Border Districts (Except Kishorganj)
• Trans-boundary Rivers in This Region- 23
• Netrokona (1)- Someswari
• Sunamganj (3)- Jadukata, Jalokhali, Nwagang
• Sylhet (7)- Umiam, Piyan, Dhala, Sari-Gowain, Kushiyara, Sonai-Bordal, Surma
• Maulavibazar (4)- Juri, Manu, Dhalai, Longla
• Habiganj (4)- Khowai, Sutang, Sonai, Haora
• Brahmanbaria (2)- Bijni, Salda
• Kishorganj (Via Mymensign-Netrokona) (2) Vugai, Nitai
Catchments Area of Trans-boundary Rivers...
Water commons
Action Plan for Water Commons
The “Water Commons”: Resurfacing the Issue
Water is the most precious gift of nature and indispensable for all living being and vegetation. Water, as one of the important natural endowments, has been customarily being used for the fulfilment of human needs. Indeed, the concept and practice of common property was very much inbuilt into the use of water as such. However, the idea of water as common property and the perspective of human needs in respect of use of water have been overshadowed by the shift in development...
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Haor in Bangladesh
The haor basin is a low-lying bowl-shaped basin located mainly in the North-eastern part (covering 2,417 Sq. Km of Sunamganj, Sylhet, Moulavi Bazar, Habiganj, Brahmanbaria, Kishorganj and Netrokona) of Bangladesh. The total land area is 15, 47,133 acors. Virtually all of these lands is below 8 meters and is flooded to depths of 5 meters or more during the monsoon. Total number of haor 38 in Habiganj, 4 in Moulavibazar, 43 in Sylhet, 80 in Netrokona, 3 in Brahmanbaria, 122 in Kishorganj and 133 are situated in Sunamganj. The total population is...
