BSS, Rajshah :
Researchers and development activists in a view-sharing meeting with journalists voiced for time-befitting and effective measures for conservation of both biodiversity and cultural diversity in the vast Barind tract.
They mentioned that the diversities are gradually declining now due to various natural and manmade catastrophes posing a serious threat to the whole ecosystem. So, there should be a campaign and state level interventions.
Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) and Barind Education Cultural Diversity Protection Centre (BECDPC) jointly organised the meeting at conference room of Public Library in Rajshahi city on Tuesday.
‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods’ was the main theme of the discussion. BARCIK Barind Regional Coordinator Shahidul Islam, President of Save the Nature Mijanur Rahman and BECDPC President Zawad Ahmed Rafi spoke on the occasion sharing their expertise on the issue.
Journalists Mustafizur Rahman Khan, Kazi Nazmul Islam and Md Anisuzzaman also shared their views.
During his concept paper presentation, Shahidul Islam said school, college and university level students need proper knowledge about the importance of biodiversity, natural resource conservation and climate change issues so that they can contribute to this field.
To this end, there should have time-befitting measures and institutional learning for them as there is no way but to natural resource conservation in the region to face the adverse impact of climate change for the greater interests of new and future generation. In the wake of abnormal declining of natural resources like native crop seeds, fish and birds species and other wildlife, conservation of natural resources has become indispensable for facing the adverse impacts of climate change.
Obviously, we have to devise ways and means on how to cope with the adverse impact of climate change. Integrated approach has become an urgent need to mitigate the adverse impact, he said. He opined that many native crops and vegetable varieties are gradually declining. Many of the native fish species, particularly the small indigenous ones are on the verge of extinction due to various reasons.
Time has come to build wider network among the educational institutions creating platform for open dialogue to initiate regional research programmes on regional problems and solution.
Importance should be given to capacity building to address climate change in the region with special reference to conservation of drought tolerant species.
Researchers and development activists in a view-sharing meeting with journalists voiced for time-befitting and effective measures for conservation of both biodiversity and cultural diversity in the vast Barind tract.
They mentioned that the diversities are gradually declining now due to various natural and manmade catastrophes posing a serious threat to the whole ecosystem. So, there should be a campaign and state level interventions.
Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK) and Barind Education Cultural Diversity Protection Centre (BECDPC) jointly organised the meeting at conference room of Public Library in Rajshahi city on Tuesday.
‘Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods’ was the main theme of the discussion. BARCIK Barind Regional Coordinator Shahidul Islam, President of Save the Nature Mijanur Rahman and BECDPC President Zawad Ahmed Rafi spoke on the occasion sharing their expertise on the issue.
Journalists Mustafizur Rahman Khan, Kazi Nazmul Islam and Md Anisuzzaman also shared their views.
During his concept paper presentation, Shahidul Islam said school, college and university level students need proper knowledge about the importance of biodiversity, natural resource conservation and climate change issues so that they can contribute to this field.
To this end, there should have time-befitting measures and institutional learning for them as there is no way but to natural resource conservation in the region to face the adverse impact of climate change for the greater interests of new and future generation. In the wake of abnormal declining of natural resources like native crop seeds, fish and birds species and other wildlife, conservation of natural resources has become indispensable for facing the adverse impacts of climate change.
Obviously, we have to devise ways and means on how to cope with the adverse impact of climate change. Integrated approach has become an urgent need to mitigate the adverse impact, he said. He opined that many native crops and vegetable varieties are gradually declining. Many of the native fish species, particularly the small indigenous ones are on the verge of extinction due to various reasons.
Time has come to build wider network among the educational institutions creating platform for open dialogue to initiate regional research programmes on regional problems and solution.
Importance should be given to capacity building to address climate change in the region with special reference to conservation of drought tolerant species.
