‘Another Bangladesh emerging from Bay’

[BanglaBhoot]

Some 100,000 hectares of land could emerge from the Bay of Bengal as about 7 billion tonnes of silt fall into it each year from China and India, says Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju, reports UNB.
“Another Bangladesh is emerging from the Bay…100,000 hectares of land will emerge from the Bay which could be used in agriculture,” he told a workshop at Cirdap auditorium in the city.

About 7 billion tonnes of silt fall in the Bay each year from China and India, the minister said without attributing to any study or report.
The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in association with the Bangladesh government and USAID organised the inception workshop on ‘Strengthening the Environment, Forestry and Climate change Capacities of the Environment and Forests Ministry and its Agencies’.
Chaired by Environment and Forests Secretary M Shafiqur Rahman Patwari, the workshop was addressed, among others, by member of Planning Commission (Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Institution Division) Ujjal Bikash Dutta, USAID mission director Janina Jaruzelski, FAO representative to Bangladesh Mike Robson, FAO chief technical adviser Dr Prabhu Budhathoki and FAO national team leader M Shahiduzzaman.
About global warming, Anwar Hossain Manju said the developed countries should provide compensation to the poor countries as they are responsible for climate change and destruction of the nature.
On the country’s development action plan, he said this is very natural that government will be changed in a democratic country, but it is a matter of surprise when priority is changed in Bangladesh with the change of
government.
Ujjal Bikash Dutta said the country’s agriculture sector is more vulnerable to climate change while it has already faced setback in adaptation to the changing climate.
Janina Jaruzelski said Bangladesh has been facing various environmental problems like flood, storm surge, erosion and salinity intrusion caused by climate change.
Stressing the need for addressing the problems Bangladesh faces, she said the people of the country have already shown their resilience in facing the extreme climate events.
FAO chief technical adviser Dr Prabhu Budhathoki in his presentation said the aim of the project is to strengthen the human and organisational capacity of the Environment and Forests Ministry of Bangladesh and its agencies to deliver more effective, coordinated, sustainable and country driven investment programmes in environmental protection, sustainable forest management, climate change adaptation and mitigation.

‘Another Bangladesh emerging from Bay’

 

[GreenFalcon]

Some 100,000 hectares of land could emerge from the Bay of Bengal as about 7 billion tonnes of silt fall into it each year from China and India, says Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju, reports UNB.
“Another Bangladesh is emerging from the Bay…100,000 hectares of land will emerge from the Bay which could be used in agriculture,” he told a workshop at Cirdap auditorium in the city.

About 7 billion tonnes of silt fall in the Bay each year from China and India, the minister said without attributing to any study or report.
The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in association with the Bangladesh government and USAID organised the inception workshop on ‘Strengthening the Environment, Forestry and Climate change Capacities of the Environment and Forests Ministry and its Agencies’.
Chaired by Environment and Forests Secretary M Shafiqur Rahman Patwari, the workshop was addressed, among others, by member of Planning Commission (Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Institution Division) Ujjal Bikash Dutta, USAID mission director Janina Jaruzelski, FAO representative to Bangladesh Mike Robson, FAO chief technical adviser Dr Prabhu Budhathoki and FAO national team leader M Shahiduzzaman.
About global warming, Anwar Hossain Manju said the developed countries should provide compensation to the poor countries as they are responsible for climate change and destruction of the nature.
On the country’s development action plan, he said this is very natural that government will be changed in a democratic country, but it is a matter of surprise when priority is changed in Bangladesh with the change of
government.
Ujjal Bikash Dutta said the country’s agriculture sector is more vulnerable to climate change while it has already faced setback in adaptation to the changing climate.
Janina Jaruzelski said Bangladesh has been facing various environmental problems like flood, storm surge, erosion and salinity intrusion caused by climate change.
Stressing the need for addressing the problems Bangladesh faces, she said the people of the country have already shown their resilience in facing the extreme climate events.
FAO chief technical adviser Dr Prabhu Budhathoki in his presentation said the aim of the project is to strengthen the human and organisational capacity of the Environment and Forests Ministry of Bangladesh and its agencies to deliver more effective, coordinated, sustainable and country driven investment programmes in environmental protection, sustainable forest management, climate change adaptation and mitigation.

‘Another Bangladesh emerging from Bay’

When that happens, it will be a big boost for Bangladesh!!

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

You can do land reclamation projects as well.

Much of the land we use in Hong Kong is built on reclaimed land.

Even the HK International Airport was built on an artificially created island.

 

[khair_ctg]

Some 100,000 hectares of land could emerge from the Bay of Bengal as about 7 billion tonnes of silt fall into it each year from China and India, says Environment and Forests Minister Anwar Hossain Manju, reports UNB.
“Another Bangladesh is emerging from the Bay…100,000 hectares of land will emerge from the Bay which could be used in agriculture,” he told a workshop at Cirdap auditorium in the city.

About 7 billion tonnes of silt fall in the Bay each year from China and India, the minister said without attributing to any study or report.
The United Nation Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in association with the Bangladesh government and USAID organised the inception workshop on ‘Strengthening the Environment, Forestry and Climate change Capacities of the Environment and Forests Ministry and its Agencies’.
Chaired by Environment and Forests Secretary M Shafiqur Rahman Patwari, the workshop was addressed, among others, by member of Planning Commission (Agriculture, Water Resources and Rural Institution Division) Ujjal Bikash Dutta, USAID mission director Janina Jaruzelski, FAO representative to Bangladesh Mike Robson, FAO chief technical adviser Dr Prabhu Budhathoki and FAO national team leader M Shahiduzzaman.
About global warming, Anwar Hossain Manju said the developed countries should provide compensation to the poor countries as they are responsible for climate change and destruction of the nature.
On the country’s development action plan, he said this is very natural that government will be changed in a democratic country, but it is a matter of surprise when priority is changed in Bangladesh with the change of
government.
Ujjal Bikash Dutta said the country’s agriculture sector is more vulnerable to climate change while it has already faced setback in adaptation to the changing climate.
Janina Jaruzelski said Bangladesh has been facing various environmental problems like flood, storm surge, erosion and salinity intrusion caused by climate change.
Stressing the need for addressing the problems Bangladesh faces, she said the people of the country have already shown their resilience in facing the extreme climate events.
FAO chief technical adviser Dr Prabhu Budhathoki in his presentation said the aim of the project is to strengthen the human and organisational capacity of the Environment and Forests Ministry of Bangladesh and its agencies to deliver more effective, coordinated, sustainable and country driven investment programmes in environmental protection, sustainable forest management, climate change adaptation and mitigation.

‘Another Bangladesh emerging from Bay’

i wonder what made them reach that number. and "100,000 hectares" over how many years? over the next 1000 years?

 

[EastBengalPro]

Country gets new land

Pinaki Roy,thedailystar

Friday, April 23, 2010

Even as many worry Bangladesh will shrink in size because of global warming, a new study shows that the country has actually grown in landmass equal to five times the size of Dhaka city.

The new land has emerged in the Meghna estuary, where sediments flow down from the Himlayas and collect into charlands. The study found that the 8.5-magnitude 1950 Assam Earthquake increased the sediment flow and has added a net increase of 1,790 square kilometers to the country's land mass.

“More charlands have emerged than we have lost due to river erosion over the years,” said Dr. Maminul Haq Sarker, a geo-morphologist who conducted the study at the Center for Environment and Geographical Information System (CEGIS).

The new land, which emerged mostly in Noakhali, was discovered when Sarker and his research team analyzed satellite pictures and other data from 1943 to 2008 tracking sediments coming from the Himalayas and flowing down the Padma (Ganges in India) and Jamuna (Brahmaputra) rivers. The rivers deliver about one billion tons of silt a year from India, Nepal, China , and Bhutan to the Megnha estuary within the Bay of Bengal.

The study found that the 1950 earthquake accelerated the sediment flow by causing huge landslides in the Himalayas, dumping an estimate 45 billion cubic meters of earth into the rivers. Within a few years after the 1950 earthquake, silt and clay began to rapidly accumulate in the estuary. In all, the sediment added 2970 square kilometers in new charland while 1180 square kilometers were erodeda net gain of nearly 1800 square kilometers.

Beside Noakhali, new land has accumulated at the Patuakhali, Shariatpur, Barisal and Chittagong districts.

The findings, formally released yesterday, shines a ray of hope on otherwise dire predictions by groups such as the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that Bangladesh will lose about 17 percent of its land area because melting polar ice daps will increase sea levels.

But Sarker cautioned more research is needed.

“This is an indicative study,” he said. “We need to continue our research to say something concrete.”

“Now we might think to battle the climate change challenge in different way if we can use the sediment in planned way,” he said. “We can recover certain amount of our land mass from the aggression of rising sea level.”

Citing a recent study of two American scientists, Saker said that the research suggests that one-third of this sediment is deposited on the floodplain and tidal plain of Bangladesh, thus continuously raising the land. One-third of the sediment is deposited on the estuary thus building new islands. The final third is lost in the deep ocean, he said.

The research also found the main reason behind the erosion of 230 square kilometers at Bhola Island, which many regard as an victim of rising sea levels due to climate change, was instead caused by the shifting flow of the Meghna channel. The shift also eroded a total of 195 square kilometers of land from Sandwip and Hatiya islands.

 

[Arya Desa]

Awesome, now they can stop flooding into India!

 

[IamBengali]

Most of the land of Bangladesh are actually silt over rivers. Bangladesh is a riverine country. More rivers and less land. Due to global warming Southern regoin of Bangladesh will shrink in Bay of Bengal. That is alarming situation.

Population density is also high in Bangladesh and West Bengal. If sea level rises it will be a massacre in Bengal.

Sea level rise risks land accretion in bay
june 5, 2014


Despite the trend of land accretion in the bay, the country is still at risk from the impact of a rise in sea level triggered by the global warming, say observers.
According to different climate studies, the sea level at the bay has been rising gradually in conjunction with the global rise.

The 5th Assessment Report of Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggests that the country’s sea level rises at the rate of 1.5 millimeter (mm) annually, while the global trend is 2mm.

The report was based on sea level data between 1970 and 2010.

It said if the current trend continues, the country will see an annual 5mm sea level rise by 2100, while the global rise will be 6mm.

However, the IPCC 4th Assessment Report shows that the global rise during 1961 to 1993 was 1.8mm per year while the rate was almost double at 3.1mm per year between 1993 and 2003.

The report said of the 3.1mm sea level rise, factors like carbon emission contributed to 2.8mm of the rise.

Experts say the country’s coastal belt, mostly adjacent to the bay, are being highly vulnerable to scarcity of fresh water because of salt water intrusion from the sea.

A large portion of coastal arable land had already been contaminated by extreme salinity due to sea level

rise, said Dr Ahsan Uddin Ahmed, executive director of Center for Global Changes.

He added that the inhabitants in coastal districts had been suffering from potable water scarcity.

A number of studies suggest that climate change leads to frequent natural disasters like cyclones, depressions in the bay and floods.

Regarding the land accretion in the bay, Maminul Haque Sarker, deputy executive director of the Center for Environmental and Geographical Information Services, said with the rise in sea level, the main impact on the estuary would clearly be governed by the reduced flow of water and sediment input from upstream through the Ganges and Brahmaputra rivers.

He observed that the major part of tidal plain in Bangladesh wouldn’t receive any sediment and suffer drainage problems and the formation of new land in the Meghna estuary will continue at a lower rate depending on the rate of sea level rise.

Maminul Haque Sarker said the construction of cross dams towards the end of 1950s and in the early 1960s led to land accretion of several hundred kilometres, but now the sediment input to the estuary has been reduced and the rate of land acquisition has slowed down.




- See more at: Sea level rise risks land accretion in bay | Dhaka Tribune

 

[monitor]

that means we are getting equivalent to 386 square mile land each year. if we can reclaim it with help of experience country our land shortage will reduced in 20~30 years

 

[Sourya Kharb]

So, In other way Evil India is helping you guys
BTW Good news for Bangladesh

 

[Skull and Bones]

You can do land reclamation projects as well.

Much of the land we use in Hong Kong is built on reclaimed land.

Even the HK International Airport was built on an artificially created island.

The river giveth, the ocean taketh away.

 

[eastwatch]

We have been hearing all these fancy talks since our childhood. But, in reality, even the South Ta;patti Island that emerged a few cm. above the sea level has submerged again.

 

[jammersat]

which bay my friend? eBay?

 

[TopCat]

You can do land reclamation projects as well.

Much of the land we use in Hong Kong is built on reclaimed land.

Even the HK International Airport was built on an artificially created island.

Needs huge investment but eventually we will have to do that. But without building cities return of investment wont be feasible for agricultural land.

 

[eastwatch]

You can do land reclamation projects as well.

Much of the land we use in Hong Kong is built on reclaimed land.

Even the HK International Airport was built on an artificially created island.

Sometimes, I wonder, if BD needs any new land. We have enough land, but you do not see it on the maps. BD looks very tiny, but its arable land area is about 3 times larger than the arable land of Japan. Thing is, even if you make the land area 10 times larger than what BD is today, the gain will not last for many years, only because of our religion and culture.

Muslims are fond of sticking to polygamy. Once more land is available, Muslims of BD would love to take multiple wives and the rate of increase of population will increase to say, 3%. So, if more land produces more mouths to feed what is the necessity of that extra land, any way.

Similar things have happened here only in the recent past. Many Hindus left BD for India after the partition in 1947 and the Muslims bought those lands. But, the situation for the Muslims did not improve, because many families have not discarded the policy of taking many children.

People here are now practicing birth control only because land has become scare and expensive. The achievement for the last sixty years will go down the drain once our people get hold of bigger land area. So, I may not cherish the prospect of finding land in the BoB.

 

[Chinese-Dragon]

Needs huge investment but eventually we will have to do that. But without building cities return of investment wont be feasible for agricultural land.

Give us a call when you want to build some reclaimed land, pretty much the entire Hong Kong seafront is built on reclaimed land.

And a Mainland company is planning to build an entire artificial island, similar to the artificial island on which we built our airport.

Let's work together. More China-Bangladesh cooperation is always welcome.