Unnayan Onneshan Update April 2010

NEW RESEARCH REPORTS

Climate Change and South Asia- A Briefing Note

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The Bali Action Plan shines with lots of hopes for developing countries that in two years there would be a shared vision to combat global warming. In that plan, the shared vision was portrayed as a ‘long term cooperative action” which would include a “long term global goal for emission reduction”. This implies an action taken jointly with long term goals so that rising global temperature would be far below two degree centigrade. This 20C is based on the recommendations of Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). However, according to IPCC, there is a strong likelihood that the temperature increase from prehistoric levels may overshoot 20C if drastic actions are not taken urgently. The significance of the shared vision is of utmost importance for planning any action. The ultimate objectives and principles of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) stipulate that any action taken must be in line with common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR) and respective capabilities, and respective social and economic conditions. More..

 

Agriculture and Food Security in South Asia- A Historical Analysis and Long Run Perspective

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This study has focused on the regional and national assessments of the potential effects of increasing population and changing climatic condition on food security in South Asian countries. The efforts have been put for the eight countries of South Asia. Probable population, food demand and production in future have been predicted with considering population growth rate, per capita consumption and the analysis of the last 47years data of agricultural production, land, population, etc. The targeted years are estimated assessing demand-production gap and identifying the food situations on those years. Vulnerability to climate change and its effects on production system on the targeted years are also estimated and consequently relationship between these impacts and food security are estimated. Based upon identifying the gap between demand and supply, the study attempts to suggest some policy recommendations for the further improvement to achieve sustainable agricultural production in South Asia. More...

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Recent Research Reports

Workshop

  • Developing a Conservation Education and Community Outreach Strategy for Tiger Conservation in Bangladesh

  • A 5-day long training workshop entitled Developing a Conservation Education and Community Outreach Strategy for Tiger Conservation in Bangladesh was held from March 13-17, 2010 on board the ‘M.V. Aboshar’ boat of The Guide Tours Ltd.  The workshop was jointly organised by Wildlife Trust of Bangladesh (WTB), Zoological Society of London (ZSL), US Fish and wildlife Service, and HECT.

  • 33 participants from different national an international organisations attended the workshop and collaboratively endeavoured to develop an effective Conservation Education and Community Outreach Strategy for Tiger Conservation in Bangladesh. Mr. Mohammed Abdul Baten, Research Associate of Unnayan Onneshan, participated in this event.

Seminar

  • Impact of Increasing Landlessness on Access to Food: Experience of Small and Marginal Farmers in Rural Bangladesh

  • An in-house seminar on ‘Food Security’ took place at Unnayan Onneshan’s conference room on March 20th 2010 as a part of its regular in-house seminar series. Ms. Mehruna Islam Chowdhury presented her research paper on “Impact of Increasing Landlessness on Access to Food: Experience of Small and Marginal Farmers in Rural Bangladesh” and the seminar was moderated by Mohammed Abdul Baten, Research Associate of the organization. The research explores the link between landlessness and access to food in rural Bangladesh. It is shown that even though 75 percent food production comes from the rural areas, landlessness and its associated factors are responsible for depriving the small and marginal farmers in the rural areas. Landlessness (here defined as productive land) leads to their insufficient purchasing power for availing nutritional food for their families. The multi dimensional impacts caused by this are detailed in the report. Finally the study reviews and recommends the action steps necessary to achieve their access to food. The participants pointed the research as an important one in the area of food security and gave their comments on the study.

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