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    Displacing settlements - Villagers are forced to relocate as the river erodes away their lands mercilessly. Riazul, with help of others, moves his housing infrastructure to a less vulnerable site, before the cataclysmic river erosion displaces his home. by: mayurakshi Views[548] Away from the eroding shorelines - A young girl tries to come to terms with the fact that the river has ruthlessly washed away what used to be her playing ground, as her family prepares to relocate to a safer location. by: mayurakshi Views[552] The pure sense of helplessness - The villagers watch in utter helplessness and despair as the river Teesta eats away their land, rendering as many as 200 families homeless and landless in less than two weeks. by: mayurakshi Views[802] Clear-cutting the timberland - Villagers cut down the bamboo forests and other trees on the eroding riverbanks, and take away the timber to build huts or put it to commercial use, before the river devours their fertile agricultural lands and crops. by: mayurakshi Views[1614] Swept into uncertainty - A woman engages in her routine brooming of the backyard, with the hope in her heart that tomorrow her homestead survives the violent riverbank erosion of the Teesta, in the massively affected Choyghoria village in Gaibandha district, Bangladesh. by: mayurakshi Views[862]
     
    Instead of an expensive taxi polluting the air, Bangladesh utilizes CNGs (Compressed Natural Gas vehicles) and rickshaws (one-gear bicycles with a passenger carriage attached -- pictured here). (Chittagong, Bangladesh) by: jhinz57 Views[634] Walking is a very common mode of transportation in Bangladesh. Unfortunately, sometimes barefoot is the only option for citizens. Here a young girl gives her feet a break while dangling in a tree. (Chittagong, Bangladesh) by: jhinz57 Views[1148] For every 40 cars on the road in a developed country, there is one bus transporting the same number of people, or more, in Bangladesh. (Dhaka, Bangladesh) by: jhinz57 Views[609] Instead of captaining gas-fueled boats, man-powered boats serve as the vessel of choice, when possible, on the water in Bangladesh. (Bikka Bil, Hail Haor, Bangladesh) by: jhinz57 Views[619] E-gret, part of the diversified biodiversity of the Sundarban by: a_quayyum Views[985]
     
    Fishing is one of the main livelihoods of the people living around Sundarban. by: a_quayyum Views[985]     

     

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    Recently a UK oil company, Soco International, has begun prospecting for oil in Virunga. Discovery of oil in the region will undoubtedly have negative consequences for the survival of the mountain gorillas. Soco’s own environmental assessment report describes a likely increase in pollution, habitat damage and poaching to Virunga.: by rani, Views[145]
    Recently a UK oil company, Soco International, has begun prospecting for oil in Virunga. Discovery of oil in the region will undoubtedly have negative consequences for the survival of the mountain gorillas. Soco’s own environmental assessment report describes a likely increase in pollution, habitat damage and poaching to Virunga.

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