Adivasis and Forests

Bon O Boner Adhibasi

Bon O Boner Adhibasi

Compiles information and insights presented at a national seminar on forest, forest people and forest culture.1996, Bangla, 76 pages, Photocopy only | Tk.100 / US$5 Bon O Boner Adhibasi (Forest and Forest People) is a booklet that compiles information and...

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Modhupur: The Vanishing Forest and Her People in Agony

Modhupur: The Vanishing Forest and Her People in Agony

Text and Photography by Philip GainPublished by Society for Environment and Human DevelopmentPublished 2019, English, PBK, 160 page | Tk.500/US$10 Modhupur, one of 12 upazilas in Tangail district is well known for its sal forest and the Garo and Koch...

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Ambushed by Greed: The Chak Story – by Philip Gain

Ambushed by Greed: The Chak Story – by Philip Gain

Longodujhuri (Khal) Chak Para, now deserted of human habitation, is located in Baishari Union in Naikongchari Upazila in Bandarban Hill District. Quite unknown even to regular trekkers to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Baishari is one of four unions in...

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Excluded Groups and Democratization

Excluded Groups and Democratization

Economic progress that Bangladesh has made in recent times is well appreciated around the world. The extreme poverty has also significantly decreased. Yet there are socially and economically excluded groups of people for their identity, captive situation,...

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The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Man-Nature Nexus Torn

The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Man-Nature Nexus Torn

"The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Man-Nature Nexus Torn" is a report on the state of environment in the CHT. Once part of a mega-diversity zone in South Asia, the CHT has lost its majestic look. It is now faced with an ecological disaster. The hills are barren...

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