Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s rich biological diversity, once sustained by vast wetlands, dense forests and the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem in the Sundarbans, is facing an accelerating crisis. Recent data and policy developments from 2025–2026 reveal a troubling pattern:...
In recent decades, Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, had 58 canals flowing through the city, fed by surrounding rivers and lakes. A recorded 50 of these canals worked as the city’s drainage system. The majority of these canals have since disappeared, with the...