BANGLADESH Environment: Facing the 21st Century is a citizen based country report on the state of Bangladesh's environment. SEHD published the first edition in 1998 and the second edition in 2002.
The report, essentially a compound of crucial and critical information, expert analyses, critiques and field reports on major environmental issues of Bangladesh, makes an obvious attempt to provide a context to understand Bangladesh and its environment.
In recent times enthusiasm around the environment has been enormous and there exist many reports and books on Bangladesh's environment.
AM Sharafuddin, a noted writer and educationist wrote of the first edition of the book in a review: "Unfortunately, a comprehensive and balanced analysis of our environmental issues that is easily comprehensible to the average reader is not easy to come by. The just-published excellent compendium under the title, Bangladesh Environment: Facing the 21st Century, edited by Philip Gain and published by the Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), will fill that void."
The report with more than 140 photographs, 29 maps and satellite images on major aspects of Bangladesh's environment uniquely presents the state of the country's environment. Each section of the report is comprehensive and presents an issue in a unique style. The areas covered in different sections of the report are: land, soil and landscape; river, water and wetlands; agriculture; forests; fisheries; wildlife biodiversity and its resource potential; genetic resources; energy resources; industrialization and industrial pollution; air pollution; disasters: issues and responses; arsenic contamination; jute and polythene; health; habitat; environmental laws in Bangladesh; selected environmental issues; and citizens' responses to environmental issues.
Edited by Philip Gain
English (2nd edition), HBK 341 pages, 1998 (first edition) 2002 (second edition)
Price: Tk.600 US$20
