Edited by: M. Anwar Hossen
Water and Ecological Resource Governance
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Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 3:7
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“Environmentalism of the poor”: the Tipaimukh Dam, ecological disasters and environmental resistance beyond borders
The Indian government recently resumed the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam on the Barak River just 1 km north of Bangladesh’s north-eastern border. The construction work was stalled in March 2007 in the wake...
Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 3:27 -
Changing climate and its impacts on Assam, Northeast India
The paper explores climate change induced hydro hazards and its impact on tribal communities in Majuli (largest river island of Brahmaputra River Basin). The island has been experiencing recurrent floods, eros...
Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 2:26 -
Conceptualizing environmental governance on the GBM basin
River water sharing is an issue that is dealt by the South Asian neighboring countries for the last four decades. Water management of Ganges–Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) basin is a controversial issue, which is no...
Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 3:25 -
The need for community inclusion in water basin governance in Bangladesh
In this paper we focus on the principle of community inclusion in water and ecological resource governance and document the negative impacts of its absence, in Chapra village, Bangladesh, on sustainable develo...
Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 3:18 -
Effective supervision of inland capture fisheries of Bangladesh and its hurdles in managing the resources
Community-based approaches have gained significant attention in inland open water fisheries management in Bangladesh. This article focuses on the challenges and opportunities of the inland open water fishery r...
Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 3:17 -
Political history of Farakka Barrage and its effects on environment in Bangladesh
Soon after the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, India took initiative to construct a barrage on its side of the Ganges and commissioned it in 1975. In the past few decades, many of the 54 Bangladeshi Riv...
Citation: Bandung: Journal of the Global South 2016 3:16