climate change coastal zone of bangladesh
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Contents
• Costal zones of Bangladesh(some key statistics)• Coastal morphology• Impacts of climate change
• Policy and Strategy of govt .• Key achievement • Major Challenges• Key initiatives needed
Coastal Belt of Bangladesh (Statistics)• Area: 20% of total land • Area: 30% of cultivable land • Shoreline : 710 km• Total Coastal Districts: 19• Costal Population :35 Million• Highly exposed to Disaster :8 Million• Land Erosion: 3199 ha/yr
Coastal Districts of Bangladesh
Coastal Morphology
Impacts of Climate change on Coastal Zone• Cyclone/Strom Surge: Increased frequency and Intensity• Floods: Increased frequency and magnitudes• Riverbank and coastal erosion : increasing• Water logging and inundation due to sea level rise• Salinity ingression
Causal Diagram of climate change Impact
Impact on Sundarbans
Policy and Strategy of Govt.• Coastal zone policy 2005• National Adaption Program of Action (NAPA) 2005• Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan (BCCSAP)2009 CDMP(Comprehensive and Disaster management program) Infrastructure Mitigation and low Carbon Development Research and Knowledge development Capacity and institutions
• Bangladesh Climate Change Trust Fund(BCCTF)• Bangladesh Climate Change Resilience Fund (BCCRF)
Key Achievements
• Coastal Embankment Rehabilitation project (CERP)1991• Char Development and Settlement Project (CDSP)1994• More than 2000 Cyclone Shelter with radio communication network • More than 50,000 hectares of new land reclaimed along Noakhali
coast through Meghna Cross Dam.
Key Challenges• Declining viability of many distinctive and threatened coastal ecosystem
including Sundarbans, coastal wet lands• Wide spread pollution and resource degradation• Poor access to many forms of infrastructure and technologies with respect
to coastal areas• Surface and subsurface Stalinization• Poor resource management• Rapid decline of resources : marine fisheries, Mangroves and Fresh water
resources• Sea level rise and Rain fall pattern change
Key Initiatives • Generation of information and filling Knowledge gap through Coastal resources survey Integrated Coastal Resources Database Modeling Tools Information Dissemination Capacity Building
• Harmonizing sectoral Policies and laws• Appreciation of ecosystem linkages• Improved Governance
Conclusion
Coastal zone management : • sustainable development• conservation of biodiversity • Conservation of natural resources .