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What is Wetlands?
Figure 1: Wetlands
Wetlands in Dhaka
Functionality of Wetlands
Area of Wetlands in
KM2
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
1978
1988
1998
2009
Year
s
Figure 8
Causes:
The main reasons behind decreasing
of wetlands are:
Land Filling
Encroachment
Lack of co-ordination between
government agencies
Maintenance to the system and
implement of pertinent laws
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What is happening?
Recent Incidents
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Sources
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Dr. Mohammed Ataur Rahman (Director, CGEC International University of
Business
Agriculture and Technology Bangladesh), Wetland Preservation in
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River flooding in an LEDC - Bangladeshi floods, Retrieved on March 06, 2015
[http://goo.gl/xsVgJO]
Dr. Mohammed Ataur Rahman (Director, CGEC International University of
Business
Agriculture and Technology Bangladesh) ,Wetland Preservation in
Dhaka City Area [http://goo.gl/6YoQvA]
Figure 1, 2 & 3: Dhaka City Rivers: Dhaka Circular Waterway - May 6, 2005
[http://sidtupper.ca/journals/waterway/]
Figure 4: http://icwetlandsproject.weebly.com/background.html
Figure 5: http://www.earthgauge.net/2012/wetlandsmonth
Figure 6, 7 & 8: Mallik Sezan Mahmud, Arif Masrur, Asif Ishtiaque, Fouzia
Haider, Ummai Habiba, Remote Sensing & GIS Based Spatio-Temporal Change
Analysis of Wetland in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Journal of Water Resource and
Protection Vol. 3 No. 11 (2011), Article ID: 8678, Retrieved on March 06, 2015
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