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Air pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues in Bangladesh, with the country frequently ranking among the most polluted in the world. [3] According to the World Air Quality Report, Bangladesh was the country with the worst air quality in 2020, a situation that has persisted over several years. [4]
Waste management in Bangladesh faces many challenges due to its large, rapidly growing population in a densely populated country. Bangladesh is the ninth most populous and twelfth most densely populated country in the world. In particular, the projected urban population growth rate from 2010 to 2015 is 3%. [1]
Bangladesh Environment Conservation Act (BECA) is set of laws enacted by the government of Bangladesh in 1995 to conserve the nation's environment. [1] Its main goals were to "provide for conservation of the environment, improvement of environmental standards and control and mitigation of environmental pollution."(Bangladesh Environmental Conservation Act, 1995).
On Sunday morning, the AQI stood at 457 according to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the reading for Delhi has been above the 400 mark, on a scale of 500, since Thursday.
During 1987-89, Forestry was a department of the Ministry of Agriculture, under a Secretary. The Department of Environment (DoE) was established in Bangladesh in 1977 under the Environmental Pollution Control Ordinance, 1977. Finally, the Bangladesh Ministry of Forest and Environment was established in 1989.
Bangladesh is known for its vulnerability to climate change and more specifically to natural disasters. It is important to mention the fact that the location of the country is vulnerable for the presence for three powerful rivers, Asian rivers, Brahmaputra, Ganges and the Meghna along with their numerous tributaries that could result massive floods.
Recently, the government has set up 21 new district offices at the district level creating 468 new posts. As a result, the manpower of the Department of Environment has increased to 1133. Following the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972, the government of Bangladesh founded the Department of Public Health ...
Bangladeshi lawyer Dr. Mohiuddin Farooque established BELA in 1992 and was the first Chief Executive of the organization. From the very beginning BELA monitored compliance with Bangladesh's environmental Laws, took initiatives to increase environmental awareness and sought to ensure the development of proper environmental jurisprudence.