Nat'l Profiles
 
 

Population:
127,117,967
(July 1999 est.)


Land Area:
Total: 144,000 sq km
Land: 133,910 sq km
Water: 10,090 sq km


Coastline:
580 km


(Source:  CIA World Factbook 1999)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

Bangladesh

[Country Flag of Bangladesh]

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Contacts

Ministry of Environment and Forests
Bangladesh Secretariat
Dhaka - 1000
tel: (880) 2-865436
fax: (880) 2-869210 or 2-888688

Official Government web site
http://www.bangladeshgov.org/

Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies
http://www.bcas.net/index.shtml

[country Map of Bangladesh]

(Source:  CIA World Factbook 1999)
 

SUMMARY OF OCEAN 
AND COASTAL PROGRAMS

Many thanks are due to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, the source of the information below. The information was taken from Bangladesh's submission to the 7th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (last update: January 1999). For further information on social and economic factors, natural resources, and institutional structures in Bangladesh see the United Nations System-Wide Web Site on National Implementation of the Rio Commitments National Information for Bangladesh at

http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/banglade/index.htm
 

OCEAN AND COASTAL AREAS

Bangladesh signed the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea in 1982.

Decisions are taken by the cabinet and also by the Ministry of Shipping in consultation with other concerned Ministries, Divisions, Agencies.

Important needs for Bangladesh in this sector include: monitoring environment and testing of environmental quality; monitoring and control of pollution from ships; and development of organized system assessments.

Land-based activities affecting oceans and coasts and needing to be implemented by Bangladesh include: (i) alternatives for pesticides and insecticides for agriculture; (ii) industries to be provided with waste recycling equipment; (iii) new industrial machinery to be designed for producing minimum wastes; (iv) facilities for storage, recycling and treatment of harmful wastes are to be built.

Sea-based activities include: (i) waste reception facilities to be built in ports; (ii) Coast Guard ships to be equipped with pollution detection and fighting equipment; (iii) training of personnel for functions indicated in items (i) and (ii) above.

Finance is provided by International development financing institutions and development partners.

This information is based on Bangladesh's submission to the 5th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, April 1997. Last update: 1 April 1997

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