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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.
Climate change in Bangladesh is expected to have an impact on the Dhaka River System water quality, with increased monsoon flows and lower summer flows. However, these changes will not greatly affect the extremes of water quality to any great extent due to the overwhelming impact of pollutant discharges into the system. [20]
Climate change is affecting the distribution of these diseases due to the expanding geographic range and seasonality of these diseases and their vectors. [ 5 ] : 9 Though many infectious diseases are affected by changes in climate, vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, dengue fever and leishmaniasis, present the strongest causal relationship.
Malaria deaths declined steadily between 2000 and 2019, from 864,000 to 576,000. They rose during the pandemic, and an estimated 608,000 people died of the disease last year, mainly young children.
Pakistan witnessed the highest global increase in cases, with Ethiopia, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea and Uganda closely following suit.
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Conflict Combatants Disputed Territory Fatalities 2000: 2006: 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict Israel v. Lebanon: Shebaa farms: 30 2001: 2001: 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes Bangladesh v. India: Bangladesh–India border region: 20 2001: 2002: 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff India v. Pakistan: Kashmir: 789–1,874 2002: 2002 ...
When Bangladesh became independent in 1971, the reserved and proposed reserved forests came under the jurisdiction of the Bangladesh Forest Department. From 1971 to 1989, the Bangladesh Forest Department was under the Ministry of Agriculture. During 1987-89, Forestry was a department of the Ministry of Agriculture, under a Secretary.