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IPP: Bangladesh: Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project
Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project (RRP BAN 42248) Indigenous Peoples Plan March 2011 BAN: Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project Prepared by ANZDEC Ltd for the Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs and Asian Development Bank. CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS (as of 16 March 2011) Currency unit – taka (Tk) Tk1.00 = $0.0140 $1.00 = Tk71.56 ABBREVIATIONS ADB – Asian Development Bank ADR – alternative dispute resolution AP – affected person CHT – Chittagong Hill Tracts CHTDF – Chittagong Hill Tracts Development Facility CHTRC – Chittagong Hill Tracts Regional Council CHTRDP – Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project CI – community infrastructure DC – deputy commissioner DPMO – district project management office GOB – Government of Bangladesh GPS – global positioning system GRC – grievance redress committee HDC – hill district council INGO – implementing NGO IP – indigenous people IPP – indigenous peoples plan LARF – land acquisition and resettlement framework LCS – labor contracting society LGED – Local Government Engineering Department MAD – micro agribusiness development MIS – management information system MOCHTA – Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs NOTE (i) In this report, "$" refers to US dollars. This indigenous peoples plan is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. 1 CONTENTS Page A. Executive Summary 3 B. -
The Conservation Action Plan the Ganges River Dolphin
THE CONSERVATION ACTION PLAN FOR THE GANGES RIVER DOLPHIN 2010-2020 National Ganga River Basin Authority Ministry of Environment & Forests Government of India Prepared by R. K. Sinha, S. Behera and B. C. Choudhary 2 MINISTER’S FOREWORD I am pleased to introduce the Conservation Action Plan for the Ganges river dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica) in the Ganga river basin. The Gangetic Dolphin is one of the last three surviving river dolphin species and we have declared it India's National Aquatic Animal. Its conservation is crucial to the welfare of the Ganga river ecosystem. Just as the Tiger represents the health of the forest and the Snow Leopard represents the health of the mountainous regions, the presence of the Dolphin in a river system signals its good health and biodiversity. This Plan has several important features that will ensure the existence of healthy populations of the Gangetic dolphin in the Ganga river system. First, this action plan proposes a set of detailed surveys to assess the population of the dolphin and the threats it faces. Second, immediate actions for dolphin conservation, such as the creation of protected areas and the restoration of degraded ecosystems, are detailed. Third, community involvement and the mitigation of human-dolphin conflict are proposed as methods that will ensure the long-term survival of the dolphin in the rivers of India. This Action Plan will aid in their conservation and reduce the threats that the Ganges river dolphin faces today. Finally, I would like to thank Dr. R. K. Sinha , Dr. S. K. Behera and Dr. -
Punjab ENVIS Centre NEWSLETTER Vol
Punjab ENVIS Centre NEWSLETTER Vol. 11, No. 3, 2013-14 Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) : Status and Conservation in Punjab (India) l Inform ta at n io e n m S Status of Environment & Related Issues n y o s r t i e v m n E www.punenvis.nic.in INDIA EDITORIAL Dolphins are among the planet's most well known marine mammal. When we hear the word 'dolphin', what comes to mind is the endearing, intelligent bottlenose dolphin shown in movies and television shows. Though we often make the mistake of believing that there is only one kind of dolphin, there exist over 30 different types of dolphins, and including the river dolphins and porpoises, there are over 40 types of dolphins. To be precise, there are 32 types of oceanic dolphins, 5 species of river dolphins and 6 types of porpoises. Dolphins are important to the ecosystem in the sense that they are apex or top-level predators which control populations of fishes and squids and keep the ecosystem balance. They are the migratory species susceptible to a wide range of threats, including habitat shrinkage in breeding areas, excessive hunting along migration routes, and degradation of their feeding grounds. As a result of international concern over these threats, a UN Convention on the Conservation of Migratory (CMS) Species of Wild Animals, also known as Bonn Convention was adopted in 1979 and entered into force on 1st November 1983, to protect dolphins along their migration routes between their feeding and breeding grounds. Bonn Convention is a unique global advocate of reducing threats to their survival as well as to the ocean and river waters where they live. -
Pre Primary Education Expansion Plan Expansion Plan December 2012
Pre Primary Education Pre Primary Education Expansion Plan Expansion Plan December 2012 December 2012 Government ofof People’sPeople’s RepublicRepublic of Bangladesh DDirectorateirectorate ofof PrimaryPrimary Government Education of EducationGovernment of People’s Republic of Bangladesh Directorate of Primary Education 1 Pre Primary Education Expansion Plan, DPE, 2012 Pre Primary Education Expansion Plan Directorate of Primary Education with Technical Assistance from UNICEF December 2012 2 Pre Primary Education Expansion Plan, DPE, 2012 Contents page Section-1: Background 8 1.1. Introduction 8 1.2. Rationale and objectives 9 1.3. Scope of the expansion plan 9 1.4. Process for development of the expansion plan 10 Section-2: Situation Analysis 12 2.1. Overall context 12 2.2. Access 13 2.3. Quality 14 2.4. Equity 15 2.5. Training of teachers 15 2.6. Supervision and Monitoring 16 2.7. MIS and Reporting 16 2.8. Location of existing Pre Schools 16 2.9. Upazila as geographical unit for PPE expansion 17 18 Section-3: Standards of Quality PPE service delivery 3.1. Key areas and elements of standards 18 3.2. Gradation of standards 21 3.3. Matrix of standards with gradation 23 41 Section-4: PPE Expansion Plan 4.1. Introduction 41 4.2. Categorization of Upazilas as geographical unit for PPE expansion 41 3 Pre Primary Education Expansion Plan, DPE, 2012 4.3. Upazila wise plan 44 Category - A: Rural low PPE coverage Upazilas 46 Category - B: Rural other Upazials 62 Category- C: Urban (City Corporations) 78 Category – D: Islands, Coastal and Riverine Upazilas with Char 85 Category – E: Ethnic/Indigenous Children 97 Category – F: Tea Gardens 103 Category – G: Haor 109 4.4. -
Status and Distribution of the Gangetic Dolphin, Platanista Gangetica Gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in River Buriganga During 2003-2004 and Its Conservation
Bangladesh J. Zool. 40(1): 21-31, 2012 STATUS AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE GANGETIC DOLPHIN, PLATANISTA GANGETICA GANGETICA (ROXBURGH, 1801) IN RIVER BURIGANGA DURING 2003-2004 AND ITS CONSERVATION Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam* and Noor Jahan Sarker1 Department of Zoology, Jagannath University, Dhaka 1100, Bangladesh Abstract: Studies on the population status, distribution and conservation issues of the Gangetic dolphin Platanista gangetica gangetica were undertaken in the river Buriganga from November 2003 to November 2004. A total of 29 sightings with the highest of five sightings and a best-high-low estimate of 9-11-7 individuals were recorded in November 2004, while in the months of August and October no dolphin was observed. The mean density was 0.25 dolphin/km and the highest encounter rate was 0.29 sightings/km. Of the total sightings, 41.38% were in the groups of more than one individuals. Of the observed dolphins, 71.43% were adults, 16.66% maturing and 11.9% young. The dolphins were found in 15 locations with both single as well as multiple sightings. Main threat to the dolphins was found to be pollution followed by traffic load and dredging activities. Key words: Platanista gangetica gangetica, Buriganga river, status, distribution, conservation. INTRODUCTION The Gangetic dolphin, Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801), locally known as ‘Shushuk’ or ‘Shishu’, is one of the three species of true river dolphins of the world, that inhabits the Ganges, Brahmaputra, Meghna, Karnaphuli and Sangu rivers and their tributaries, in India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan (Mohan 1989, Perrin et al. 1989, Smith et al. 2003, Smith and Smith 1998, Smith et al. -
Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Sediments of Chalan Beel Wetland Area in Bangladesh
processes Article Assessment of Heavy Metals in the Sediments of Chalan Beel Wetland Area in Bangladesh Mohammad Abdus Salam 1,* , Mohammad Ashraful Alam 2 , Sulav Indra Paul 3 , Fatama Islam 1, Dinesh Chandra Shaha 4, Mohammad Mizanur Rahman 2 , Mohammad Arifur Rahman Khan 5, Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman 3, Abul Kalam Mohammad Aminul Islam 6, Tofayel Ahamed 7, Golum Kibria Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman 2, Mohammad Giashuddin Miah 7, Abdul Mannan Akanda 8 and Tofazzal Islam 3 1 Department of Genetics & Fish Breeding, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] 2 Department of Soil Science, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] (M.A.A.); [email protected] (M.M.R.); mustafi[email protected] (G.K.M.M.R.) 3 Institute of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] (S.I.P.); [email protected] (M.M.R.); [email protected] (T.I.) 4 Department of Fisheries Management, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] 5 Department of Agronomy, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] 6 Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Citation: Salam, M.A.; Alam, M.A.; Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] 7 Paul, S.I.; Islam, F.; Shaha, D.C.; Department of Agroforestry and Environment, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural Rahman, M.M.; Khan, M.A.R.; University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] (T.A.); [email protected] (M.G.M.) 8 Rahman, M.M.; Islam, A.K.M.A.; Department of Plant Pathology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur 1706, Bangladesh; [email protected] Ahamed, T.; et al. -
Emergency Plan
Environmental Impact Assessment Project Number: 43253-026 November 2019 India: Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program – Project 2 Vijayanagara Channels Annexure 5–9 Prepared by Project Management Unit, Karnataka Integrated and Sustainable Water Resources Management Investment Program Karnataka Neeravari Nigam Ltd. for the Asian Development Bank. This is an updated version of the draft originally posted in June 2019 available on https://www.adb.org/projects/documents/ind-43253-026-eia-0 This environmental impact assessment is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. Your attention is directed to the “terms of use” section on ADB’s website. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Annexure 5 Implementation Plan PROGRAMME CHART FOR CANAL LINING, STRUCTURES & BUILDING WORKS Name Of the project:Modernization of Vijaya Nagara channel and distributaries Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19 Apr-19 May-19 Jun-19 Jul-19 Aug-19 Sep-19 Oct-19 Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Nov-20 Dec-20 S. No Name of the Channel 121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121 2 PACKAGE -
Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project
Environmental Monitoring Report Project No. 42248-013 Semestral Report July 2016 2763-BAN (SF): Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project Prepared by Mohammad Nurul Islam, Environmental Engineer, Independent Consultants, Safeguard and Quality Monitoring Cell Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project, for the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh and the Asian Development Bank. This environmental monitoring report is a document of the borrower. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of ADB's Board of Directors, Management, or staff, and may be preliminary in nature. In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of or reference to a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area. Environmental Monitoring Report January - July 2016 The People’s Republic of Bangladesh & Asian Development Bank Second Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project Loan № 2763-BAN, Project № 42248-013 Environmental Monitoring Report January - July 2016 Prepared by Mohammad Nurul Islam, Environmental Engineer (Independent Consultant) Safeguard and Quality Monitoring Cell Ministry of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs ii Chittagong Hill Tracts Rural Development Project-II Environmental Monitoring Report January - July 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS CURRENCY EQUIVALENTS ............................................................................................ -
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals Secretariat provided by the United Nations Environment Programme 16TH MEETING OF THE CMS SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL Bonn, Germany, 28-30 June 2010 UNEP/CMS/ScC16/Doc.15 Agenda Item 12 CONSERVATION STATUS OF CMS APPENDIX I SPECIES (Introductory note prepared by the CMS Secretariat) 1. One of the targets of the Strategy Implementation Plan of the CMS Scientific Council 2006-2011 is the production by the Council of a report on the status of Appendix I species, to be submitted to each meeting of the Conference of the Parties. 2. At its 14th session (Bonn, March 2007), the CMS Scientific Council started a debate on the layout of the report and agreed that single species fact sheets should constitute the core of the report. 3. Preliminary discussions on the format of the fact sheets were held by the Secretariat with the coordinators of the taxonomic Working Groups before the meeting. A draft fact sheet prepared by the Secretariat was then submitted to the Taxonomic Working Groups for consideration. The Secretariat subsequently produced a revised version in light of the recommendations made by the groups. 4. With a view to making further progress towards the definition of the report format and to find a common understanding of the desired format, in the run up to the 15th Meeting of the Scientific Council and the 9th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the Secretariat requested the Taxonomic Working Groups to work together to produce some examples of species accounts based on the template. -
The Making of Political Forests in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh: the State, Development and Indigeneity
THE MAKING OF POLITICAL FORESTS IN THE CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS, BANGLADESH: THE STATE, DEVELOPMENT AND INDIGENEITY KHAIRUL CHOWDHURY A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES OF YORK UNIVERSITY IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY GRADUATE PROGRAM IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY YORK UNIVERSITY TORONTO, ONTARIO APRIL 2014 © Khairul Chowdhury 2014 Abstract This dissertation offers an anthropological and genealogical account of forests and social forestry, in particular the way they came to be constituted over time in one particular social- ecological context of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT), Bangladesh. It draws on ethnographic fieldwork to examine how discourses of forest and forest relations in CHT since British rule have changed and shaped agrarian relations of the hill peoples and their relations to power. As such, this dissertation explores forest history in relation to an ‘ethnically’ different and ‘small group’ of population living within a nation-state so as to understand how nature/environment is constituted as a terrain of governmental power, subject formation, and state building. The analysis is informed by Michel Foucault’s ideas of discourse, power and knowledge; Peter Vandergeest’s and Nancy Peluso’s theory of territorialization and political forests; K. Sivaramakrishnan’s critical work on the production of colonial state, society, and knowledge in a forested region of colonial Bengal, and Tania Li’s and Arun Agrawal’s theoretical and ethnographic work on governmentality, indigenous communities, and resource struggles. The chapters of this dissertation are organized around the political regimes of Britain, Pakistan and Bangladesh, highlighting continuities and discontinuities in the making and remaking of political forests. -
Notable Bird Records from Bangladesh from July 2002 to July 2013
FORKTAIL 30 (2014): 50–65 Notable bird records from Bangladesh from July 2002 to July 2013 PAUL M. THOMPSON, SAYAM U. CHOWDHURY, ENAM UL HAQUE, M. MONIRUL H. KHAN & RONALD HALDER Details are given of 38 species new for Bangladesh which were recorded between July 2002 and December 2013. New sightings and information are given for a further 86 species that either have few records since 1978, or for which there have been major changes in known status, or for which there is uncertainty over status, or which are globally threatened and for which a status update for Bangladesh is warranted. In addition one species of doubtful occurrence is discussed, and the status of globally threatened and near threatened species is updated where appropriate. This period has seen an increase in the number of active Bangladeshi birdwatchers, several surveys for threatened species, the advent of digital photography to document sightings and, most recently, a series of ringing camps where mist- netting revealed the presence of secretive passerines in reed-scrub habitat in the north-eastern wetlands. INTRODUCTION Records in the following list are related to regions of Bangladesh (north-west, south-east, etc.). This geographical arrangement is a Since the summary of the status of birds in Bangladesh (Harvey revised version of the regions used in Harvey (1990) and the 1990), two papers (Thompson et al. 1993, Thompson & Johnson boundaries of these regions are shown in Figure 1, along with the 2003) have detailed notable bird records, and a carefully revised locations of the 92 sites mentioned in the text. -
Bangladesh March 15
CRISIS PROFILE FUND BANGLADESH MARCH 15. 2018 B NGLADESH CHITTAGONG HILL TRACTS, FOOD INSECURITY MAR-AUG./SEPT. ood insecurity is chronic in the Chittagong Hil Tracts (CHT), and a further deterioration is expected between O1 OVERVIEW March and August/September during planting and be- Ffore harvesting period, according to Key Informant Interviews. IMPACT FOOD AVAILABILITY Such a deterioration is a seasonal trend in the CHT. The plant- Bandarban has been classified in IPC Phase 4 or Severe ing season in the CHT is between March and April. Harvesting Chronic Food Insecurity (CFI) (Chronic IPC analysis, 2015). takes place between October and November. The lean season VERY LOW MODERATE MAJOR Rangamati and Khagrachhari have been classified in mod- occurs from May to August, however due to high risk of natu- erate Chronic Food Insecurity (IPC Level 3) (Chronic IPC analysis, ral hazards during the monsoon season, the lean season often PROBABILITY 2015). There is limited food stock due to consecutive failed harvest and extends from May to September. Each year it is more difficult the food that is available is generally of poor quality. It is often, the for people to cope with the lean season, as food stocks from poor quality of food consumed, along with the prevalence of chronic the previous harvest are limited, there are few employment op- undernutrition in the region is of greater concern than the quantity of HIGHLY SOMEWHAT HIGHLY portunities and therefore purchasing power is low. There are UNLIKELY LIKELY LIKELY food people are consuming. key factors that are likely to exacerbate the impact of the lean season in the CHT: the region is facing a decline of resources due to land scarcity.