Wildlife

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Sunderbans, 26/04/2016

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Sunderbans, 26/04/2016. The Government of India has a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, signed on 6th September, 2011. The conservation of Sunderbans, interalia, includes conservation of Royal Bengal Tigers also.

Publication Date: 
26/04/2016
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Sundarbans, India, Bangladesh, Wildlife, Parliament, Biodiversity, Ecosystems
Air Pollution

Delhi is world's worst for air pollution in WHO report revealing 12.6 MILLION die every year from 'unhealthy environment'

A new World Health Organisation (WHO) report says an estimated 12.6 million people are dying each year globally from ‘unhealthy environment’ alone.

Publication Date: 
25/04/2016
Daily Mail (United Kingdom)
Tags:
Air Pollution, Health Effects, Delhi, WHO, Non Communicable Diseases, Cancer, Bangladesh, India, Bhutan, North Korea, Indonesia, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, PM 2.5, Diesel
Energy

Coal-fired power plant must not harm environment, Banshkhali locals say

People of Gondamara in Banshkhali will support installation of a coal-based power plant there only if the plant does not harm the environment, said speakers at a view exchange meeting yesterday.

Publication Date: 
18/04/2016
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Tags:
Energy, Thermal Power Plants, Coal, Bangladesh, Environment, South Asia
Energy

Bangladesh set to pursue coal-power push despite opposition

The government of Bangladesh has indicated it is unlikely to abandon its push to build more coal-fired power plants despite growing opposition among local people and environmentalists.

Publication Date: 
15/04/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Energy, Bangladesh, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Fossil Fuels, Chittagong, Environment, Ecology, Biodiversity, South Asia
Climate Change

What is the association between absolute child poverty, poor governance, and natural disasters? A global comparison of some of the realities of climate change

The paper explores the degree to which exposure to natural disasters and poor governance (quality of governance) is associated with absolute child poverty in sixty-seven middle- and low-income countries. The data is representative for about 2.8 billion of the world´s population. Institutionalist tend to argue that many of society’s ills, including poverty, derive from fragile or inefficient institutions.

Publication Date: 
14/04/2016
Adel Daoud, Björn Halleröd, Debarati Guha-Sapir
PLoS ONE
1-20
Tags:
Poverty, Children, Natural Disasters, Climate Change, Governance, Developing Countries, India, Kenya, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Thailand
Energy

Protesters against Bangladesh power plant give two weeks for demands to be met

Protesters opposing the construction of a Chinese-backed, coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh agreed on Sunday to halt their activities for 15 days, defusing tensions after four demonstrators were

Publication Date: 
11/04/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Energy, Bangladesh, Conflicts, Coal, Thermal Power Plants, Chittagong, South Asia
Health

Not pollution, second-hand smoke a major cause of asthma in Indians

Countries with higher male smoking rates such as India and Bangladesh can push up asthma and wheezing cases as a result of more exposure to second-hand smoke.

Publication Date: 
08/04/2016
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Asthma, India, Smoking, Bangladesh, Respiratory Diseases, Health Effects, Health
Water Pollution

Nepotism and neglect: the failing response to arsenic in the drinking water of Bangladesh’s rural poor

In the mid-1990’s, researchers discovered naturally occurring arsenic in drinking water drawn from shallow tubewells across large areas of rural Bangladesh. Twenty years later, an estimated 20 million people in Bangladesh still drink water contaminated above the national limit.

Publication Date: 
06/04/2016
Human Rights Watch
Tags:
Arsenic, Drinking Water, Drinking Water Quality, Bangladesh, Health Effects, Groundwater
Energy

Three demonstrators killed in clash over planned power plant in Bangladesh

Three people were killed on Monday when Bangladeshi riot police fired shots after coming under attack from demonstrators in a disturbance over a planned, Chinese-built power plant, authorities said

Publication Date: 
05/04/2016
Reuters
Tags:
Energy, Bangladesh, Chittagong, Thermal Power Plants, Conflicts, South Asia, Land Acquisition, Compensation
Health

Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants

Underweight and severe and morbid obesity are associated with highly elevated risks of adverse health outcomes. The estimated trends in mean body-mass index (BMI), which characterises its population distribution, and in the prevalences of a complete set of BMI categories for adults in all countries.

Original Source

Publication Date: 
02/04/2016
Lancet
387
10026
1377–1396
Tags:
Obesity, India, Women, Bangladesh, Nauru, Africa, North Korea, Asia, Europe, Consumption Patterns, Heart Diseases, Developing Countries, Non Communicable Diseases, Diabetes, Cancer, Junk Food

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