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I guess they then managed to paint and prepare the placards immediately with the spare paper and paint they had lying nearby?
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I guess they then managed to paint and prepare the placards immediately with the spare paper and paint they had lying nearby?
It is Bangladesh....random stuffs just lying around everywhere all the time.
A new power plant could devastate the world’s largest mangrove forest
By Chelsea Harvey July 18
The Sundarbans mangrove forest, based on NASA’s Landsat 7 observations in 1999 and 2000. (NASA Earth Observatory)
The planet’s largest mangrove forest could be facing serious trouble in the form of two new coal-fired power plants, environmentalists say — and they’re urging the United Nations to draw greater attention to the issue.
A handful of environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and 350.org, have cumulatively collected 50,000 signatures on a petition just submitted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asking that the Sundarbans — a region of Bangladesh including a designated World Heritage Site — be placed on the official List of World Heritage in Danger. Meanwhile, activists continue to lobby against the construction of the power plants.
The petition was submitted ahead of this year’s meeting of the World Heritage Committee, which convened in Istanbul last week. Meanwhile, progress on the Rampal power plant — the proposed project garnering the greatest amount of concern in Bangladesh — continues to move forward. Last week, local media reported that an official agreement had been signed awarding India’s state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. an engineering and construction deal on the Rampal project, paving the way for its continued development.
The importance of the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans include a region spanning thousands of square miles of land and water in India and Bangladesh and including what may be the largest mangrove forest in the world. The area is known for the rich habitat it provides for hundreds of birds and numerous endangered or threatened species, including the Bengal tiger and the Indian python.
Several locations in the Sundarbans are listed as World Heritage Sites — United Nations-designated areas identified for their cultural or natural significance. These include the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh, which spans the drainage basins of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers and is intersected by a complex network of other rivers and waterways.
The Sundarbans mangrove forest was named a World Heritage Site in 1997, and its UNESCO description notes that the area “supports exceptional biodiversity in its terrestrial, aquatic and marine habitats.” Additionally, the area is critically important for the livelihoods people living in and around the site, protecting their communities from storm and tidal surges, and supporting fishing and farming.
Mohammad Hasib Munsi, 32, sorts fish in the river between the Joymuni village and Sundarbans mangrove forest in 2014 in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. (Getty Images)
Environmental groups in Bangladesh and around the world are worried that the area and its inhabitants may be in jeopardy. Two coal-fired power plants have been proposed, both within a few miles of the Sundarbans, and activists are concerned that the power plants’ presence could alter the critical water balance in the region, pollute the surrounding water and air, and increase the risk of oil and coal spills, all of which they say could seriously damage the mangrove forest and threaten the well-being of the people and animals who call it home.
The most recently proposed project is the Orion power plant, a 630-megawatt plant being planned by the Orion Group. But the project receiving the most attention is the proposed Rampal power plant, which involves a partnership between India’s state-owned National Thermal Power Corp. and the Bangladesh Power Development Board. The joint venture, which was established in 2012, is known as the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Co. Ltd., or BIFPCL. The plan for the Rampal power plant is an installed capacity of 1,320 megawatts.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rgest-mangrove-forest/?utm_term=.245b3c39e698
By Chelsea Harvey July 18
The Sundarbans mangrove forest, based on NASA’s Landsat 7 observations in 1999 and 2000. (NASA Earth Observatory)
The planet’s largest mangrove forest could be facing serious trouble in the form of two new coal-fired power plants, environmentalists say — and they’re urging the United Nations to draw greater attention to the issue.
A handful of environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, the Sierra Club and 350.org, have cumulatively collected 50,000 signatures on a petition just submitted to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) asking that the Sundarbans — a region of Bangladesh including a designated World Heritage Site — be placed on the official List of World Heritage in Danger. Meanwhile, activists continue to lobby against the construction of the power plants.
The petition was submitted ahead of this year’s meeting of the World Heritage Committee, which convened in Istanbul last week. Meanwhile, progress on the Rampal power plant — the proposed project garnering the greatest amount of concern in Bangladesh — continues to move forward. Last week, local media reported that an official agreement had been signed awarding India’s state-run Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. an engineering and construction deal on the Rampal project, paving the way for its continued development.
The importance of the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans include a region spanning thousands of square miles of land and water in India and Bangladesh and including what may be the largest mangrove forest in the world. The area is known for the rich habitat it provides for hundreds of birds and numerous endangered or threatened species, including the Bengal tiger and the Indian python.
Several locations in the Sundarbans are listed as World Heritage Sites — United Nations-designated areas identified for their cultural or natural significance. These include the Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh, which spans the drainage basins of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers and is intersected by a complex network of other rivers and waterways.
The Sundarbans mangrove forest was named a World Heritage Site in 1997, and its UNESCO description notes that the area “supports exceptional biodiversity in its terrestrial, aquatic and marine habitats.” Additionally, the area is critically important for the livelihoods people living in and around the site, protecting their communities from storm and tidal surges, and supporting fishing and farming.
Mohammad Hasib Munsi, 32, sorts fish in the river between the Joymuni village and Sundarbans mangrove forest in 2014 in Khulna Division, Bangladesh. (Getty Images)
Environmental groups in Bangladesh and around the world are worried that the area and its inhabitants may be in jeopardy. Two coal-fired power plants have been proposed, both within a few miles of the Sundarbans, and activists are concerned that the power plants’ presence could alter the critical water balance in the region, pollute the surrounding water and air, and increase the risk of oil and coal spills, all of which they say could seriously damage the mangrove forest and threaten the well-being of the people and animals who call it home.
The most recently proposed project is the Orion power plant, a 630-megawatt plant being planned by the Orion Group. But the project receiving the most attention is the proposed Rampal power plant, which involves a partnership between India’s state-owned National Thermal Power Corp. and the Bangladesh Power Development Board. The joint venture, which was established in 2012, is known as the Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Co. Ltd., or BIFPCL. The plan for the Rampal power plant is an installed capacity of 1,320 megawatts.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rgest-mangrove-forest/?utm_term=.245b3c39e698
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I guess they then managed to paint and prepare the placards immediately with the spare paper and paint they had lying nearby?
I didn't say that he passed through Dhaka University. He went to the fine Arts faculty and stayed there for few minutes. And students of Fine Arts always have papers and colors in their disposal
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How come we have such idiots writing total nonsense in this world? But then I realized that there are a dime a dozen in this part of the world after joining PDF!
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U are a fucking douchebag... I am not awami whatever you just called me... I don't support either of the party so fuçk off mate... ownership in the sense that the other dude thought we claimed Sunderbans as our own alone. Stupid cunt. And read the whole fucking think you fucking blind cow before writing out any shit you wanna vomit out.
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How convenient
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First time I have rated someone for these type of words. Some scums only understand this language.
Good job Khaled.
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I am pretty sure that Rampal is in Bangladeshi territory. Unless you are secretly planning to invade and conquer it or something.
That guy just cannot be helped
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Jamati, i am not like you fool. In your life time you never wrote anything against China or Pakistan.
lol This is all about your India phobia. Have a better life. 
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Couldn't help myself... had no choice
You could not hide your indo awami dalali undermining Bangladesh independence. This is not a awami den that you can do whatever you want and say without being challenged. Looks like you brought out best of awami bosti stench. Now you proven who you are.
No worries, we know you are same awami charal type takes pride in bosti mouth.
Oh no, you are that cheap of a indo awami cheer leader..
That guy just cannot be helped
UNESCO team kept in dark about Rampal plant: Sultana Kamal [chakraborty]
Anisul Islam Noor :The government has kept the visiting UNESCO delegation in dark about the real picture of the Sundarbans, and building of the coal-fired power plant at Rampal, claimed Sultana Kamal, Convener of the National Committee to Protect Sundarbans. "The UNESCO mission was scheduled to meet environment activists and experts, but it could not sit with them due to unwillingness of the government," said convener of the committee.The National Committee to Protect Sundarbans on Saturday expressed doubt about the report on the Sundarbans that the UNESCO was about to prepare a draft based on their recent visit to the world's largest mangrove forest. "Our movement against the coal power plant near the world heritage site will be stronger than before as local people are supporting the movement," Sultana Kamal said."The UNESCO team has completed their visit and received the government's explanation and assessment only as environment activists and experts, who are dealing with the protection of the Sundarbans for long, were not given the chance to meet the team," she said."Hence, we would not be surprised if the probable report is incomplete and one-sided," she said while speaking in a press brief at Dhaka Reporters' Unity.However, she hoped that the UN team members would be much cautious in preparing the report.She not only demanded immediate postponement of the proposed coal-based Rampal Power Plant, but also called for ensuring accurate and neutral report by the UN body on its possible impact on the mangrove forest.In her speech, Sultana Kamal presented several other demands, including withdrawal of all projects near the Sundarbans. On March 24, a high-profile UNESCO delegation visited the Sundarbans to assess the possible impacts of the proposed Rampal Power Plant and plying of vessels through the Sundarbans.The mangrove forest is situated about 14 kilometres away from the proposed 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant site. However, the peripheral area of the forest begins within four kilometres from the power plant.The member-secretary of National Committee Professor Anu Muhammad said, there are different voices and opinion also, and that is why if UNESCO prepares a report on the power plant near Sundarbans, it will not be acceptable. Chief Executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that it was tour of UNESCO's team in Bangladesh with full of government directive visit, they would get a partial information of the power plant near Sundarbans.However, Secretary of Ministry of Forest and Environment Kamal Uddin Ahmed told The New Nation that they had supplied information as per requirement of UNESCO and arranged meeting with whom they were desired.World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has sent this team of high-profile delegation with a name of 'Re-active Monitoring Mission'. This team includes Fanny Adolphinem M Douver, the Project Officer of France, Latin America and Caribbean unit, Naomi Clare, UK based international organization and specialist on conservation of environment and Mizuki Murai, UNESCO's inspection officer of World Heritage Centre. Government Officials from Fuel, Forest and Environment Ministry are also visiting the plant along with the foreign delegation.The UNESCO delegates had a discussion with the villagers of Rampal. The villagers said, that they want the Sundarbans to remain as unharmed or untouched, while they also expressed their desire for installing a power plant at the same time.In the meeting, the UNESCO officials demanded explanation on transportation procedure of coal, the procurement procedure on sink of any voyage or any sort of accident while transporting, type of the chimney, distance from the power plant to Sundarbans and many other related topic.The Managing Director of the company Ujjal Kanti Bhatyacharjya said, we welcomed the UNESCO delegation heartily. He also said, we have answered all the questions accordingly and helped them visiting the whole project site. We hope the delegation will be reassured that the Rampal Power Plant will not harm the Sundarbans, he added.The report of this specialist delegates will decide if the Sundarbans will remain as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO. The report may publish with next two weeks, sources said.Iftekharuzzaman of the TIB said the Bangladesh chapter of the Berlin-based watchdog had repeatedly requested the government to suspend the project and review the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report by an independent body where the experts from UNESCO and Ramsar should be present. He said, TIB would hold a press conference in Dhaka soon to explain the findings of his visit to the Rampal project site.Energy expert Professor Shamsul Alam told the reporter that BIFPCL obtained EIA clearance certificate from the Department of Environment without assessing the impact of coal handling at the Hiron and the Akram Points in the Pasur River. "This is not acceptable."He also said that the government took a contradictory stand by inviting the critics for discussions about the power project on the one hand and carrying out the implementation of the project on the other hand simultaneously.
http://thedailynewnation.com/news/8...in-dark-about-rampal-plant-sultana-kamal.html
Anisul Islam Noor :The government has kept the visiting UNESCO delegation in dark about the real picture of the Sundarbans, and building of the coal-fired power plant at Rampal, claimed Sultana Kamal, Convener of the National Committee to Protect Sundarbans. "The UNESCO mission was scheduled to meet environment activists and experts, but it could not sit with them due to unwillingness of the government," said convener of the committee.The National Committee to Protect Sundarbans on Saturday expressed doubt about the report on the Sundarbans that the UNESCO was about to prepare a draft based on their recent visit to the world's largest mangrove forest. "Our movement against the coal power plant near the world heritage site will be stronger than before as local people are supporting the movement," Sultana Kamal said."The UNESCO team has completed their visit and received the government's explanation and assessment only as environment activists and experts, who are dealing with the protection of the Sundarbans for long, were not given the chance to meet the team," she said."Hence, we would not be surprised if the probable report is incomplete and one-sided," she said while speaking in a press brief at Dhaka Reporters' Unity.However, she hoped that the UN team members would be much cautious in preparing the report.She not only demanded immediate postponement of the proposed coal-based Rampal Power Plant, but also called for ensuring accurate and neutral report by the UN body on its possible impact on the mangrove forest.In her speech, Sultana Kamal presented several other demands, including withdrawal of all projects near the Sundarbans. On March 24, a high-profile UNESCO delegation visited the Sundarbans to assess the possible impacts of the proposed Rampal Power Plant and plying of vessels through the Sundarbans.The mangrove forest is situated about 14 kilometres away from the proposed 1,320-megawatt coal-based power plant site. However, the peripheral area of the forest begins within four kilometres from the power plant.The member-secretary of National Committee Professor Anu Muhammad said, there are different voices and opinion also, and that is why if UNESCO prepares a report on the power plant near Sundarbans, it will not be acceptable. Chief Executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) Syeda Rizwana Hasan said that it was tour of UNESCO's team in Bangladesh with full of government directive visit, they would get a partial information of the power plant near Sundarbans.However, Secretary of Ministry of Forest and Environment Kamal Uddin Ahmed told The New Nation that they had supplied information as per requirement of UNESCO and arranged meeting with whom they were desired.World Heritage Centre of UNESCO has sent this team of high-profile delegation with a name of 'Re-active Monitoring Mission'. This team includes Fanny Adolphinem M Douver, the Project Officer of France, Latin America and Caribbean unit, Naomi Clare, UK based international organization and specialist on conservation of environment and Mizuki Murai, UNESCO's inspection officer of World Heritage Centre. Government Officials from Fuel, Forest and Environment Ministry are also visiting the plant along with the foreign delegation.The UNESCO delegates had a discussion with the villagers of Rampal. The villagers said, that they want the Sundarbans to remain as unharmed or untouched, while they also expressed their desire for installing a power plant at the same time.In the meeting, the UNESCO officials demanded explanation on transportation procedure of coal, the procurement procedure on sink of any voyage or any sort of accident while transporting, type of the chimney, distance from the power plant to Sundarbans and many other related topic.The Managing Director of the company Ujjal Kanti Bhatyacharjya said, we welcomed the UNESCO delegation heartily. He also said, we have answered all the questions accordingly and helped them visiting the whole project site. We hope the delegation will be reassured that the Rampal Power Plant will not harm the Sundarbans, he added.The report of this specialist delegates will decide if the Sundarbans will remain as a World Heritage Site of UNESCO. The report may publish with next two weeks, sources said.Iftekharuzzaman of the TIB said the Bangladesh chapter of the Berlin-based watchdog had repeatedly requested the government to suspend the project and review the environmental impact assessment (EIA) report by an independent body where the experts from UNESCO and Ramsar should be present. He said, TIB would hold a press conference in Dhaka soon to explain the findings of his visit to the Rampal project site.Energy expert Professor Shamsul Alam told the reporter that BIFPCL obtained EIA clearance certificate from the Department of Environment without assessing the impact of coal handling at the Hiron and the Akram Points in the Pasur River. "This is not acceptable."He also said that the government took a contradictory stand by inviting the critics for discussions about the power project on the one hand and carrying out the implementation of the project on the other hand simultaneously.
http://thedailynewnation.com/news/8...in-dark-about-rampal-plant-sultana-kamal.html
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Couldn't help myself... had no choice
Loved it too haha.
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Hit a nerve there eh? More to come. Stick around.
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