tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71085884670483082342024-02-06T20:46:49.836-08:00Save the Environment Movementsyed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-84240618124240854142014-02-14T23:28:00.001-08:002014-02-14T23:32:21.111-08:00 GMO Threat !!! Now in Bangladesh<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
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<i><b>GMO Threat !!! Now
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For your own future
join with us<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our country is very rich in biodiversity and our society is
based on a diverse agriculture. Any wrong step can cause a disaster for the
masses of farmers. We don’t waste our time to discuss any “economic benefits”
of GMO technology. We want to stop its introduction into bangla agriculture to
save our farmers and the environment<i>.<o:p></o:p></i></div>
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We are not machines
and don’t want to get fed with artificial chemicals. Our food is alive and what
is on our plate shall not come from the laboratory. For GMO companies food is
just a product to serve their profits but for us food is a holy part for our
daily life.<o:p></o:p></div>
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If the GMO bomb explodes on <st1:country-region>Bangladesh</st1:country-region>,
and i am suffering from it. You will also be affected wherever you live. GMOs
not only affect me and our farmers – it will destroy your biodiversity as well.<o:p></o:p></div>
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They have tried in <st1:country-region>India</st1:country-region>
and failed - they tried in <st1:country-region>Indonesia</st1:country-region>
and <st1:place>Europe</st1:place> and have been kicked out. For profits GMO
companies are acting like mad dogs. But in <st1:country-region>Bangladesh</st1:country-region>
the GMO lobby has misguided us with false promises. </div>
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We will not sacrifice our life, country and future
generations for the profits of GMO companies. We believe that our government is
for us - not for the GMO corporations profits. We hope that our government and
you also join us save the earth from the GMO companies grip.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For millions of years our earth has served us. Now is the
time for all people to join under a common oath to save the earth from the
invasion of GMO companies. Where ever you live please unite with us. <o:p></o:p></div>
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syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-14533232482888618672011-01-15T05:35:00.000-08:002011-01-15T05:42:31.360-08:00Govt move to recover city wetlands fails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjMWZREFRgLZqjs4VPAaTe_9weG4SolvFcNyjmcVfGXX2wi-sccLferzltYqJEcTTPWKG8TGzQwSm5DhU1I07Zeckftp8-iM9oDGYDWdzQTNONtQOTJd7ECarzUIMRZBHmHortGCJwqU/s1600/shovan.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear:right; float:right; margin-left:1em; margin-bottom:1em"><img border="0" height="214" width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgjMWZREFRgLZqjs4VPAaTe_9weG4SolvFcNyjmcVfGXX2wi-sccLferzltYqJEcTTPWKG8TGzQwSm5DhU1I07Zeckftp8-iM9oDGYDWdzQTNONtQOTJd7ECarzUIMRZBHmHortGCJwqU/s320/shovan.jpg" /></a></div><br />
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<b>The government has failed to demarcate the boundaries of wetlands in the capital and its surrounding areas in last one year, speakers told an event yesterday.</b><br />
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They said the government and authorities concerned were active during last one year to recover the canals and wetlands from grabbers. But they have virtually lost to an invisible force, they added.<br />
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The remarks came from the event on drawing maps of wetlands and canals in the capital and its environs, says a press release.<br />
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Nirapad Development Foundation and Campaign for Development Foundation jointly organised it at National Press Club premises.<br />
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Some youths drew the maps in protest of the government's failure to demarcate the wetlands despite various attempts in last one year.<br />
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There were once 43 canals in Dhaka city, but 25 canals have disappeared in the last three decades while width of existing canals has been squeezed due to encroaching, they added.<br />
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The authorities' negligence to the canals and the government's failure are the main reasons behind loss of the wetlands, observed the speakers.<br />
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Muhsin Tutul of Campaign for Development Foundation, KM Rokibul Islam of PSS, and Nasima Akhter Lipi of Nirapad Development Foundation, among others, were present.<br />
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shovan1209[at]yahoo.comsyed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-88000045905804886912010-08-08T03:41:00.000-07:002010-08-08T04:25:48.703-07:00Protection of wetlands<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2teb8Sd-JqKLS69z7hReOcGzbDBY9bi8BPgRDFKe210u84mtjB37KuT_0AwYiExfEeQ2oEJ-IQjRaBGTjeZwnCp_19ZwFbNQ2KGCVPw8M8OIDqrmKYEHUIWonGFnpucSprejCD4I86M4/s1600/2010-07-24__met02.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502995656831178850" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2teb8Sd-JqKLS69z7hReOcGzbDBY9bi8BPgRDFKe210u84mtjB37KuT_0AwYiExfEeQ2oEJ-IQjRaBGTjeZwnCp_19ZwFbNQ2KGCVPw8M8OIDqrmKYEHUIWonGFnpucSprejCD4I86M4/s320/2010-07-24__met02.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sammilito Joladhar Rakkhya Andolon stages a demonstration in front of the fine arts faculty of Dhaka University yesterday demanding protection of wetlands and implementation of DAP.Photo</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Different environmentalist organisations yesterday demanded protection of the wetlands and implementation of Detailed Area Plan (DAP) for the city.</div><br /><div><br />They made the demand at a rally titled 'Monster Rally' in front of the fine arts faculty of Dhaka University. </div><br /><div><br />They termed the grabbers of wetlands 'monsters' and held the rally carrying some effigies of monsters. </div><br /><div><br />Speakers at the rally said all the wetlands of the city should be freed from pollution and encroachment. They also demanded punishment to the grabbers of wetlands. </div><br /><div><br />Sammilito Joladhar Rakkhya Andolon organised the rally. Sayeed Munna of Sammilito Joladhar Rakkhya Andolon, general secretary of Pratyasha Helal Ahmed and chairman of Nirapad Ibnul Sayeed Rana spoke at the rally. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=148010">The Daily Star</a></div><br /><div>Syed Saiful Alam</div>syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-60298491059792855752010-08-08T03:20:00.000-07:002010-08-08T03:39:33.120-07:00Govt urged not to backtrack from DAP implementation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhF5ARKmC-oFtYc7xdsFxw3H9sujfl6AYEkJ7aObcuZ3vJWa3qR_BVaZmPpJGN88EvU6WmPy5yUHDAIqe4u_ki6_-zdGeQ0waKA81fbghB_aAwczUuWyHxE40DjEnBoDlkJSCKaLyCLg/s1600/shovan.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502986512063179138" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhF5ARKmC-oFtYc7xdsFxw3H9sujfl6AYEkJ7aObcuZ3vJWa3qR_BVaZmPpJGN88EvU6WmPy5yUHDAIqe4u_ki6_-zdGeQ0waKA81fbghB_aAwczUuWyHxE40DjEnBoDlkJSCKaLyCLg/s320/shovan.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Environment activists on Friday demanded that the government should immediately implement the detailed area plan of the capital to curb further pollution and grabbing of water bodies by industrialists and realtors.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Speaking in a protest rally in front the fine arts faculty of Dhaka University, the greens urged the government to protect the rivers, canals and flood flow zones across and around the city to ensure liveable atmosphere for the future generation.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Sammilita Jaladhar Rakkha Andolan, a youths’ platform working for protecting natural water bodies, organised the programme to press for their 11-point charter of demands that also included making circular waterways surrounding the Dhaka city operational, creating CS an RS maps of all canals in the city and sufficient budgetary allocation for recovering and protecting the water bodies grabbed by different quarters over the past decades<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Syed Munna, an activist of the organisation, said the city’s once rich canal network had been destroyed and almost disappeared for uncontrolled and illegal grabbing since the independence, causing severe damage to the drainage system. Before the independence, 47 canals flowed across the city, of which 25 have disappeared due to grabbing, he added.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Speakers in the meeting also pointed out that erecting establishments on natural water bodies goes against the Environment Conservation Act, 1995, Bengal Canal Act, 1868 and Garden and Natural Water Body Act, 2000. They urged the government not to retreat from implementing DAP being influenced by vested quarters.<br /><p> </p><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2010/jul/24/met.html">The Daily New Age</a><br /><br />Syed Saiful Alam<br />shovan1209[at]yahoo.comsyed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-38326353794305584462010-04-28T13:37:00.000-07:002010-04-28T13:45:57.560-07:00City people exposed to serious sound pollution<a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2010/feb/01/met.html" name="1"><strong>City people exposed to serious sound pollution </strong></a><strong>Children the worst victims</strong><br /> Sajia Afrin<br />The Dhaka city people, especially the children, are exposed to serious health hazards because of aggravating sound pollution, physicians and health activists said. <br /><br />They said unabated use of hydraulic horns, noise produced by industries, mills and factories, aircraft, noise produced during construction work and excessive use of mobile phones and telephones are causing different types of health hazards. <br /><br />Short hearing, heart ailments and high blood pressure are the major complications people are suffering from mostly because of sound pollution, they said. <br />The brain development of the children might well be hampered because of continuous noise pollution, they observed. <br /> ‘Due to high volume of sound, people are suffering from short hearing, high blood pressure and different kinds of cardiovascular diseases. Exposure to continuous sound above the tolerable level even may cause people to be easily irritable and permanently deaf,’ Mani Lal Aich Litu, ear, nose, throat specialist and surgeon of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, told New Age. <br /><br /> He said sound above 80 decibel is very dangerous for hearing. ‘Ear cells may be damaged because of continuous exposure to high volume of sound while it may also cause short hearing,’ he said. <br /> ‘Children are the worst victims of sound pollution, particularly of the sound caused by television sets and rock music. It may lead to their permanent deafness,’ Litu said, adding, ‘Even foetus can also be affected with noise pollution.’ <br /><br /> Around 150 people visit the ENT outdoor every day and one third of them come with problems in hearing, he said. <br /><br /> Litu said the employees of the call centres are another group who also suffer most from sound pollution as their job requires them to attend phone calls continuously. They do not get sufficient time for giving their ear rest, he said. <br /><br /> Sukumar Biswas, acting director of the department of environment at Dhaka divisional office, said noise pollution in the capital city has crossed the tolerable label because of the increased number of vehicles. <br /><br /> ‘Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has to play an vital role in removing unfit vehicles from the city roads,’ he added. <br /><br /> He also said DoE cannot conduct drives regularly owing to acute shortage of manpower. ‘The noise pollution could have been controlled if the drives would be conducted regularly,’ Sukumar said. <br /> Sarwar Kamal, cardiac vascular and thoracic surgeon of the National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, said the cardiovascular patients are seriously affected with high volume of sound. ‘Frequent exposure to sound above the tolerable level of sound could be dangerous for patients with high blood pressure,’ he said. <br /> The expert said the students gradually lose their capability to concentrate on their studies as they become fatigued, inattentive and suffer from headache because of sound pollution. <br /><br /> Sound is among the 12 factors responsible for environmental pollution and which cause 30 types of serious diseases, according to the World Health Organisation, the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Bank researches. <br /><br />According to the Noise Pollution (control) Act, 2006, tolerable noise level in the Dhaka city is 50 decibels at daytime while 40 decibels at night in the silent zones that include areas near hospitals and educational institutions. The tolerable limit of sound in the residential areas is 55 decibels at daytime and 45 decibels at night while it is 60 decibels at daytime and 50 decibels at night in the industrial areas.<br /><br /> According to a survey conducted by the Work for Better Bangladesh Trust on April 27 and April 28, 2009, noise level measured at different parts of the city in different time was between 77 to 105 decibels. <br />Noise level was measured 105 decibel at Shahbagh (silent zone) at around 4:00pm where the country’s two prominent hospitals are located. <br /><br /> Another study conducted by the Work for Better Bangladesh Trust and the Asia Pacific University conducted in 2007 measured the sound level at 101 decibels the in Dhanmandi residential area, 86 decibels in the BIRDEM area and 82 decibels in front of the Viquarunnisa Noon School and College on Bailey Road.<br />Form<a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2010/feb/01/met.html"> The Daily New Age</a><br /><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2010/feb/01/met.html"></a>syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-8264466598680928532010-04-19T00:20:00.000-07:002010-04-19T00:30:04.772-07:00Measures demanded to contain air pollution<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwpt8_mtAK86xZU4B-bUXCTaunvj0yCFOJ6PE7oAnsMQauWFjEJQs6pTnUzThZ-undKUQrSkh4mzYdau_xACIpS087CO4TUbJN7lSEPWDazs60RpQJsh88UXgjToI8WU1_6t4XxbGG_I/s1600/Shovan1209.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqwpt8_mtAK86xZU4B-bUXCTaunvj0yCFOJ6PE7oAnsMQauWFjEJQs6pTnUzThZ-undKUQrSkh4mzYdau_xACIpS087CO4TUbJN7lSEPWDazs60RpQJsh88UXgjToI8WU1_6t4XxbGG_I/s320/Shovan1209.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5461747356055936306" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2010/apr/18/met.html">Measures demanded to contain air pollution </a><br /><br /><br />Green activists on Saturday demanded immediate and effective measures to contain air pollution in the capital city as the concentration of dust has crossed the standard limit by five to ten times in the city air depending on the areas.<br /><br />The green activists under the banner of Save Environment Movement formed a human chain in front of the office of Dhaka city mayor, Nagar Bhaban, to press home the demand.<br /><br /> Save Environment Movement chairman Abu Naser Khan, Nirapad Development Foundation chairman Ibnul Sayeed Rana, Save Environment Movement joint secretary Sagiruzzaman Shakik, Puran Dhaka Unnayan Forum president Nazimuddin and Bishwa Sahitya Kendra representative Mesbahuddin Suman were present on the occasion.<br /><br /> ‘The Bangladeshi standard for the level of suspended particulate matter (air pollutant) in the residential areas is 200 micro gram per cubic metre. But the level touched 2000mg/m3 in different parts of the city,’ said Abu Naser Khan.<br /><br /> He said average dust concentration in the air of the capital varies from 1000 to 1200mg/m3 which is five to six times higher than the Bangladeshi standard and seven to eight times higher than the WHO standard. WHO sets SPM level in the commercial at 120mg/m3, he added.<br /><br /> ‘Road digging, plying of uncovered sand-laden trucks and keeping construction materials open on the roadsides are the major causes of dust in the city, which are responsible for severe air pollution, posing health hazards to the city dwellers,’ he observed.<br /><br /> The green activists called on the government to formulate special policy to contain the steady increase in dust concentration in the city and to instruct all the authorities concerned to take strong measures to follow the respective rules while constructing building, digging roads and sweeping the roads.<br /><br />Severe air pollution is threatening public health in the Dhaka city, they said.<br />Due to the excessive dust in Dhaka’s air, people are falling victim to different complex diseases including tuberculosis, asthma, respiratory complications, bronchitis and other skin diseases, they observed.<br /><br />Sweeping of the city roads during daytime is another reason for increase in dust.<br />According to the city corporation rules, garbage collection and its disposal should be done before 8:00am but the rule is not duly followed.syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-66771904776137101542009-12-23T07:59:00.000-08:002009-12-23T08:11:31.137-08:00No mechanism to curb misuse of govt vehicles Govt spends Tk 35,000 a month on each car !!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLtDAZDnimuSOVA5NUtCNIGpzALHHbwgxwI3KKu0tCLzm4MEzsfe7rxOT60xowdRts16sSQsBAnbqMi-WYPRjwKMe_vsVIaRPpchMksvmAOi26YnWxuEVNwwrCKqHwiWENCSw1VTzckQ/s1600-h/shovan.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 82px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLtDAZDnimuSOVA5NUtCNIGpzALHHbwgxwI3KKu0tCLzm4MEzsfe7rxOT60xowdRts16sSQsBAnbqMi-WYPRjwKMe_vsVIaRPpchMksvmAOi26YnWxuEVNwwrCKqHwiWENCSw1VTzckQ/s320/shovan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418464831866269346" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/22/front.html#1">No mechanism to curb misuse of govt vehicles </a><br />Govt spends Tk 35,000 a month on each car <br />Mustafizur Rahman <br /> <br />The government does not have any central mechanism to check misuse of its transport, especially the vehicles under various projects, allowing many officials and employees to avail themselves of transport facilities round the clock which they are not entitled to.<br /><br /> An officer of the rank of joint secretary and above belongs to the ‘privileged group in the civil service and is entitled to 24-hour car facilities’ but those below the rank of joint secretary are not entitled to such facilities, said an official at the establishment ministry.<br /><br /> ‘Those who are entitled to 24-hour car facilities are enjoying it. So there is no question of misuse of the transport under the government pool….But there is no central mechanism to oversee the use of vehicles procured under different projects,’ transport commissioner of the directorate of government transport Md Ibadat Ali told New Age on Thursday.<br /><br /> He said the authorities concerned were supposed to hand over the vehicles to the transport pool on completion of the projects under various ministries.<br /> ‘It is the responsibility of the authorities concerned to look after the project vehicles until they are given to the transport pool on completion of the projects,’ Ibadat, who holds the rank of an additional secretary, said in reply to a question.<br /><br /> Nowadays most departments and directorates do not hand over the project cars – mostly sport utility vehicles – to the government transport pool on the pretext that the project duration could be extended or that new projects were being taken, said officials.<br /><br /> They alleged that the departments and directorates offered the SUVs procured <br />under different projects to the high-ups for their personal use as they wanted to make happy the high officials close to the ministers and secretaries.<br /> <br /> ‘The authorities under different ministries and divisions offer luxury vehicles to the high officials at the ministries for personal use…It is a common practice in the administration,’ an officer said. ‘Some senior officials in this way get one vehicle from the pool and another from a department and his family uses the cars.’<br /><br /> Many such officials below the rank of joint secretary are using cars from various projects under different ministries, said the official adding that private secretaries to ministers and secretaries holding either the rank of deputy secretary or senior assistant secretary usually enjoyed car facilities offered by the departments and directorates under the respective ministries.<br /><br /> ‘Some ministries have their own arrangements for providing car facilities for officials like PS, APS and PRO at the offices of the ministers.’<br /><br /> All these luxury cars, originally procured for project works, do not have an emblem for identification while each car or jeep of the government transport pool has a flag stand for a distinction, said a deputy director of the directorate of government transport, adding that the government cars had number plates in red till 1990.<br /><br /> The colour was changed into black and white at the fag end of the HM Ershad’s government to avoid the public wrath when an anti-government movement was at its peak, said the official who has been serving the transport pool for 27 years.<br /><br /> He said the transport pool provides a car for each minister and one microbus for use by the officials of his office.<br /><br /> The government has to spend around Tk 35,000 against each car for driver, fuel charge and maintenance as each official is allocated 180 liters of fuel a month, said the official.<br /><br /> During 1997-2009, the transport pool received around 900 motor vehicles from various projects while it has a total of 602 cars and microbuses of its own in operation, according to official record.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, the government has taken an initiative to procure 40 cars and 30 microbuses for its transport pool.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/22/front.html#1"><br />The Daily New Age</a><br /><br />syed saiful alam<br />Central Member of Save the Environment Movement<br />shovan1209@yahoo.com<br />www.dhaka-rickshaw.blogspot.comsyed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-34767587120715670622009-12-20T10:41:00.000-08:002009-12-20T11:09:39.751-08:00Climate Action Day Observed<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedicab_2007/show/">“Change Behavior Not Climate” </a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtS6xyZQOiqJEFkR_J9AqlIE6oEn6GKYGO9dyqFVvXwnOQg2n21tDa2Iw67UEiCFrwd6zIIcBPQQphXj776aRn-op8XDy-w2gvzuiD91Sg6xehpgcA2CsnLimWrnXMXw9cd5DFNYDolA/s1600-h/4041708127_f81d0a6308_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRtS6xyZQOiqJEFkR_J9AqlIE6oEn6GKYGO9dyqFVvXwnOQg2n21tDa2Iw67UEiCFrwd6zIIcBPQQphXj776aRn-op8XDy-w2gvzuiD91Sg6xehpgcA2CsnLimWrnXMXw9cd5DFNYDolA/s320/4041708127_f81d0a6308_m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417394490978875186" /></a><br /><br /> Climate Action Day observed<br /><br />Drawing attention on the need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere to a scientifically determined safe level of 350 ppm, the International Day of Climate Action was observed in the country yesterday. <br /><br />Different social and environmental organisations held different programmes in the city and across the country to mark the day.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Fc7JpRt6a3Pd0DyThVOj4AECppz9WJMTCmSL_HJGgTk-mk92D-3x1DqmzQ3TO6lGUjKLGTo3Pg_z37EqGTOVEWc2jpCFN5Aed6SndMrUIxul0mBDZLOTMI7o-2FNAqm0KmkL3x2LqSU/s1600-h/4042454746_e008be5b2d_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Fc7JpRt6a3Pd0DyThVOj4AECppz9WJMTCmSL_HJGgTk-mk92D-3x1DqmzQ3TO6lGUjKLGTo3Pg_z37EqGTOVEWc2jpCFN5Aed6SndMrUIxul0mBDZLOTMI7o-2FNAqm0KmkL3x2LqSU/s320/4042454746_e008be5b2d_m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417394484409009154" /></a><br />With the slogan of "Change Behavior, Not Climate," Work for a Better Bangladesh (WBB Trust) organised a colourful rally from National Museum to TSC of Dhaka University with participation of a large number of children from different parts of the city. <br /><br />Prottyasa Madok Birodhi Sangathan, Nirapad Development Foundation, Nature Loving People (NLP), Green Voice, Swabhumi, Safe Bangladesh, and other environmental organisations, participated the rally with banners and festoons inscribed different slogans including 'Save the balance of climate and save the environment' and 'Save the coastal people'. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMh149tMS9CsbUBrczWcpuTSXLsfq8HqtIBS9I429fdcZJ-8tXiS5a726F_UCDDc2EfZY4jaTDNZIq-xXd3jPQ35wdqLriwkMM9U4SV2PEbiTaD_rduoXR8AwAR7Ht2DwNSh2ArGy4og/s1600-h/4041707333_29713573ed_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 180px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMh149tMS9CsbUBrczWcpuTSXLsfq8HqtIBS9I429fdcZJ-8tXiS5a726F_UCDDc2EfZY4jaTDNZIq-xXd3jPQ35wdqLriwkMM9U4SV2PEbiTaD_rduoXR8AwAR7Ht2DwNSh2ArGy4og/s320/4041707333_29713573ed_m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417394487165146674" /></a><br />The rally was addressed, among others, by Ibnul Syed Rana, chairman of Nirapad Development Foundation, Syed Saiful Alam Suvan, programme officer of WBB Trust, Humaoun Kabir Somuon, Syeda Ananya Rahman, Mohammad Alamgir and Maruf Ahmed. <br /><br />The speakers said that the temperatures are rising and storms are worsening due to the whimsical behaviour of human beings. Ice is melting and sea levels are rising day by day and due to the reason Bangladesh is likely to go underwater within a short peroiod, As a result, a large number of coastal people of the country will be homeless, they added. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkqAShfWhbWL_4qpW3BQq1e8smXQ4BjCKp0Q2FoiUp4xJkl-dkUvnqbUUy1COc2ZGhC0qSqQRomkYX0-Vr_Ka4ciBiyB_OrGB-N1a9C03znEabo5G3IYxqXMuUiDLZWj3CAhqIyRoNmc/s1600-h/WBB+cycle+rally,+Dhaka.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGkqAShfWhbWL_4qpW3BQq1e8smXQ4BjCKp0Q2FoiUp4xJkl-dkUvnqbUUy1COc2ZGhC0qSqQRomkYX0-Vr_Ka4ciBiyB_OrGB-N1a9C03znEabo5G3IYxqXMuUiDLZWj3CAhqIyRoNmc/s320/WBB+cycle+rally,+Dhaka.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417396702082466466" /></a><br />They also said that the climate changes are going to worsen because people are burning fossil fuels - diesel, petrol, natural gas and coal - at rapid rates. So the future generations are now under threat.<br /><br />They stressed on the importance of changing behaviour to balance the climate to raise attention to the 350 ppm target for reducing climate change<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedicab_2007/show/">“Change Behavior Not Climate” </a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc81AwoPqcKxULcFPJMpdrjdbdxOZCFiuSohkZjnBrGVDM2CkA_s0fQwCxcn5l6Rqzm6ipq_H0sX1GPrUy1LqXqB_3ygvNHhSWN0the8gBs9YV5oIU-Xe6qt0AJ_CfQtTby5ceeBskDRQ/s1600-h/4042452044_e56388b760_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc81AwoPqcKxULcFPJMpdrjdbdxOZCFiuSohkZjnBrGVDM2CkA_s0fQwCxcn5l6Rqzm6ipq_H0sX1GPrUy1LqXqB_3ygvNHhSWN0the8gBs9YV5oIU-Xe6qt0AJ_CfQtTby5ceeBskDRQ/s320/4042452044_e56388b760_m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417394499457085650" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLMia4OzWf2IcXl5tkOHh956SfQ4xDjPtXpgEcHKL6nBXZTOou_8l1sSxsjM6ZMYPbH97Jcm3VNxLuqjtT22DO_C2URZxZH6dfc1d-KzPnMggxGzqNXDlVKgOkrmzFsRicER-EEc5ZKE/s1600-h/4041708493_502ff954c2_m.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 180px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLMia4OzWf2IcXl5tkOHh956SfQ4xDjPtXpgEcHKL6nBXZTOou_8l1sSxsjM6ZMYPbH97Jcm3VNxLuqjtT22DO_C2URZxZH6dfc1d-KzPnMggxGzqNXDlVKgOkrmzFsRicER-EEc5ZKE/s320/4041708493_502ff954c2_m.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417394497346283938" /></a>syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-24650216828797452212009-12-20T10:03:00.000-08:002009-12-20T10:44:02.984-08:00Parliament Members form human chain against global warming<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR86k97eJgnxnst6gHPB86-FT-I0h1PmzesyiYM0IOppClW2_uCzTsYpvPD8CN2Ii6gH2hrmpo5UXvIbG44STH9mY6qJ-PGbRLQYlxu8Pame0wh7HjATWdRBmoNy0rGhQA-n0UPDuyrE/s1600-h/CLIMAT+CHANGE.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR86k97eJgnxnst6gHPB86-FT-I0h1PmzesyiYM0IOppClW2_uCzTsYpvPD8CN2Ii6gH2hrmpo5UXvIbG44STH9mY6qJ-PGbRLQYlxu8Pame0wh7HjATWdRBmoNy0rGhQA-n0UPDuyrE/s320/CLIMAT+CHANGE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417388992219395778" /></a><br />Parliament Members Forum formed a human chain in Kuakata sea beach on december 09 to build awareness about climate change impacts<br /><br />With the call to reduce carbon in the atmosphere to a scientifically determined safe level of 350 ppm and demanding compensation from industrial countries for being responsible for global warming, a human chain was formed at Kuakata sea beach yesterday. <br /><br />Organised by Parliament Members' Forum on Climate Change (PMFCC), lawmakers Ruhul Amin Hawlader, Direndra Nath Sambhu, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Talukder Md Yunus, Narayan Chandra Chanda and Abdullah Al Islam Jakob and different upozila chairmen-vice chairmen and municipality mayors of coastal area, addressed the human chain, among others.<br /><br />The speakers said that climate changes are going to worsen and the future generations are now under threat. Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries due to impact of climate change, they added. <br /><br />They also said that the temperatures are rising and storms are worsening due to the whimsical behaviour of human beings. Ice is melting and sea levels are rising day by day and due to this reason Bangladesh is likely to go underwater within a short period. As a result, a large number of coastal people of the country will be homeless, they added. <br /><br />They stressed on the importance of changing the behaviour of the responsible countries for reducing climate change.<br /><br />PMFCC Convener and whip of Parliament ASM Firoz MP presided over the programme while it was attended, among others, by chairman of Save the Environment Movement Abu Naser Khan, Kazi Enayet Hossain, Rajib Parvez and Syed Saiful Alam.<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedicab_2007/show/"><br />“Change Behavior Not Climate”</a> <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR86k97eJgnxnst6gHPB86-FT-I0h1PmzesyiYM0IOppClW2_uCzTsYpvPD8CN2Ii6gH2hrmpo5UXvIbG44STH9mY6qJ-PGbRLQYlxu8Pame0wh7HjATWdRBmoNy0rGhQA-n0UPDuyrE/s1600-h/CLIMAT+CHANGE.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOR86k97eJgnxnst6gHPB86-FT-I0h1PmzesyiYM0IOppClW2_uCzTsYpvPD8CN2Ii6gH2hrmpo5UXvIbG44STH9mY6qJ-PGbRLQYlxu8Pame0wh7HjATWdRBmoNy0rGhQA-n0UPDuyrE/s320/CLIMAT+CHANGE.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417388992219395778" /></a>syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-2647779384127935712009-11-11T10:26:00.001-08:002009-12-20T10:03:03.197-08:00Lawmakers form action group on climate changeLawmakers form action group on climate change<br /><br />Lawmakers from coastal constituencies formed "Bangladesh Climate Change Action Group" yesterday in a move to address the adverse impact of climate change.<br /><br />"People in the coastal areas are bearing the brunt of natural disasters that prompted us to form the forum in the face of the inevitable consequences of climate change," said ASM Firoz, whip of parliament and an elected member from Patuakhali.<br /><br />Firoz has been selected as convener of the forum. The group is expected to have around 50 members, all elected from the southern region.<br />The forum was formed at a discussion on Climate Change: Adverse Effect on Bangladesh and Our Action held at the Parliament Members' Club in the city.<br /><br />Firoz said that they would appoint a spokesman for the forum to make their voices heard in local and international conferences on climate change.<br /><br />"We must develop awareness among the coastal people, so they would be prepared to address the challenges," he said. He urged experts and NGO representatives to work in collaboration with the government organisations and representatives to design the course of actions, which will minimise effects of the climate change on people.<br /><br />Speaking at the discussion meeting, Ruhul Amin Hawlader, secretary general of Jatiya Party, asked the government to take necessary steps to secure sufficient amount of money from international communities to meet the challenges.<br /><br />Due to climate change, fertility of soil and river fishes in coastal areas are reducing alarmingly day by day, claimed Golam Maula Rony, elected form Patuakhali-3. "Reduced capability of both land and water in production is severely affecting economical aspects of the people in coastal areas. Besides, we are facing continuous natural disasters. Only concerted efforts can alleviate the sufferings of the people," he said.<br />Mizan R Khan, professor of the department of Environmental Science and Management, North South University, presented a keynote paper at the meeting.<br /><br />He said that if the sea level of the Bay of Bengal rises for 1 mitre, the government would have to evacuate at least 3 crore people from the coastal areas.<br /><br />"Keeping this cautionary message in mind, the government should design the next course of plan," he added.<br /><br />Mahbubur Rahman, state minister for water resources, lawmakers Narayan Chandra Chanda, principal Shorab Hossain, advocate Afzal Hossain, BH Harun, MA Zabbar and representatives of different NGOs including WBB Trust, Grambangla Unnayan Committee and Save the Coastal People (SCOPE), among others, were present at the discussion meeting.<br /><br />A meeting will be held on September 10 to fix a date for the final meeting to discuss the structure and other aspects related to the forum.<br /><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><!--<br />google_ad_client = "pub-3756760323880463";<br />/* 300x250, created 12/20/09 */<br />google_ad_slot = "4822236673";<br />google_ad_width = 300;<br />google_ad_height = 250;<br />//--><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript"<br />src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"><br /></script>syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-21571031597734319852009-11-02T09:26:00.000-08:002009-11-02T09:32:31.038-08:00“Change Behavior Not Climate”.<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedicab_2007/show/with/4042456804/">Bangladeshis rally for “Change Behavior Not Climate”<br /></a><br />All over Bangladesh today people organized events to raise attention to the need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere to a scientifically-determined safer level of 350 ppm. Activists also stressed the importance of citizens making change, as a parallel movement to government action, with the banner “Change Behavior Not Climate”.syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-7000907045225851262009-11-02T08:24:00.000-08:002009-11-02T08:29:21.755-08:00Green activists protest at move to build market in playground<a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/01/met.html" name="a1">Green activists protest at move </a>to build market in playground <br /><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/01/met.html">The Daily New Age</a><br /><br /><br />Green activists along with cultural and sports personalities formed a human chain on Saturday, protesting at the move to construct a market on a playground at Mirpur of the Dhaka city.<br /> <br /> Save the Environment Movement and Barnak Samaj Kalyan Krira O Sangskritik Angan jointly organised the human chain programme on the playground, Laal Maath. Noted folk singer Kuddus Bayati rendered a good many songs highlighting the importance of sound environment<br /> <br />Local people including students of different school and colleges joined hands with the green activists and vowed to save the playground from the land grabbers. Lawmaker Elias Uddin Molla, SEM chairman Abu Naser Khan, Barnak Samaj Kalyan president Mahmud Hasan Khan, general secretary Jafrul Hassan, footballer Imtiaz Sultan Jony and actor Manzur Hossain attended the programme.<br /><br /> They called on the authorities concerned to take immediate measures for stopping the work of constructing a vegetables market on the playground. The Barnak Samaj Kalyan president and general secretary threatened to launch tougher movement if the work is not stopped immediately.<br /><br />Extending his support to the demand, Elias Molla said, ‘We will resist the move to construct the market on Laal Maath. ’ He also assured that all necessary steps would be taken to remove all the structures erected on the playground by next month.<br /><br />Abu Naser Khan said a vested quarter earlier had tried to occupy the playground. But the local people with the help of green activities foiled the move.<br /><br />Syed Saiful Alam<br />Save the Environment Movement<br />shovan1209[at]yahoo.com<br /><br /><a href="http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/01/met.html">http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/01/met.html</a>syed saiful alamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09876455334903391781noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7108588467048308234.post-30002383471146845802009-11-02T08:00:00.000-08:002010-11-13T05:35:33.119-08:00'Protect Mirpur's Red Field'<a href="http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=112197">'Protect Mirpur's Red Field'</a><br />
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Speakers at a rally yesterday urged the government to protect Red Field of Mirpur in the city from being occupied by the land grabbers.<br />
“Open fields in the city are being occupied one after another. The city-dwellers have no space to play, to walk or to have fresh air. The government should be more strict to protect existing open lands from being occupied illegally,” they added.<br />
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The rally was organised jointly by Save the Environment Movement and Barnak Samaj Kalyan Krira and Sangskritik Sangha at the Red Field, said a press release.<br />
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The speakers said the Red Field is the only playground of the area where hundreds of children and young people come for play and recreation every day.<br />
But some influential land grabbers are now hatching conspiracy to occupy the field by constructing market and multi-storied building, they added.<br />
Local people and school students joined the rally to press home their demand and took oath to protect the field at any cost.<br />
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Local MP Ilias Ali Mollah, Chairman of Save the Environment Movement Abu Naser Khan, folk singer Abdus Kuddus Boyati and actor Manjur Hossain also addressed the rally.<br />
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Meanwhile, leaders of Narayanganj Paribesh Andolan yesterday urged the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to recover the grabbed lands, water bodies and canals.<br />
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They made the demand at a human chain formed in front of Narayanganj Press Club, said another press release.<br />
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Syed Saiful Alam<br />
Save the Environment Movement<br />
shovan1209[at]yahoo.com<br />
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