Concerted efforts to face climate change impact stressed
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
RAJSHAHI, Dec 22 (BSS): Speakers at a seminar here Monday underscored the need for concerted efforts of all concerned to face impact of climate change and other environmental issues.
They focused on the issues like rapid population growth and pressure on land, mushrooming of urban slums, poverty and malnutrition, natural disaster, unsustainable agriculture, water quality and arsenic pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, hazards of industrialisation and vulnerability to global warming and climate change.
The speakers made the demand while speaking at a seminar on "Impact of Climate Change and Our Duties" jointly organised by Ashrai and Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) at Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry conference room Monday.
Ashrai director Abdus Salam explained the objectives of the seminar and how to address the effect of climate change as well as build capacities to adapt with climate change and escape from flood and drought in particular.
Some 100 persons representing various government and non-government organisations concerned, research and other professional groups attended the seminar.
They viewed that the climate change had now caused a major concern to agriculture, environment, ecology, bio-diversity, climatic patterns and even existence of the habitation and civilisation throughout the globe.
Because of its adverse impacts, they said, untimely and devastating floods, droughts, tornadoes, cyclones, massive river and coastal erosions, pest attacks in the crop fields and many other natural calamities have been causing enormous damages in Bangladesh, too.
Director of Centre for Natural Resource and Studies Taposh Ranjan Chakraverty, Programme officer of IUCN Dr Hasib Irfanullah and Programme officer of Caritas Suklesh George Costa presented three separate keynote papers on negative impact of climate change.
Director of Department of Environment of Rajshahi division Abdus Sobhan presided over the seminar while chairman of Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of RU Dr Akhter Hossain and Professor of Geology and Mining Department of RU Dr Mushfique Ahmed also addressed as the resource persons.
They focused on the issues like rapid population growth and pressure on land, mushrooming of urban slums, poverty and malnutrition, natural disaster, unsustainable agriculture, water quality and arsenic pollution, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, hazards of industrialisation and vulnerability to global warming and climate change.
The speakers made the demand while speaking at a seminar on "Impact of Climate Change and Our Duties" jointly organised by Ashrai and Campaign for Popular Education (CAMPE) at Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry conference room Monday.
Ashrai director Abdus Salam explained the objectives of the seminar and how to address the effect of climate change as well as build capacities to adapt with climate change and escape from flood and drought in particular.
Some 100 persons representing various government and non-government organisations concerned, research and other professional groups attended the seminar.
They viewed that the climate change had now caused a major concern to agriculture, environment, ecology, bio-diversity, climatic patterns and even existence of the habitation and civilisation throughout the globe.
Because of its adverse impacts, they said, untimely and devastating floods, droughts, tornadoes, cyclones, massive river and coastal erosions, pest attacks in the crop fields and many other natural calamities have been causing enormous damages in Bangladesh, too.
Director of Centre for Natural Resource and Studies Taposh Ranjan Chakraverty, Programme officer of IUCN Dr Hasib Irfanullah and Programme officer of Caritas Suklesh George Costa presented three separate keynote papers on negative impact of climate change.
Director of Department of Environment of Rajshahi division Abdus Sobhan presided over the seminar while chairman of Fisheries and Aquaculture Department of RU Dr Akhter Hossain and Professor of Geology and Mining Department of RU Dr Mushfique Ahmed also addressed as the resource persons.