In #8thAPANForum! 'Maximizing the benefits of climate and biodiversity nexus' session brought forward some game-changing recommendations:
Capacity building for local government, Ensuring a healthy environment, Habitat restoration, Scaling up action, Strong political commitment
They lost their house in a glimpse!!
Under "River Bank Erosion Risk Reduction Effort (RBERRE)" project supported by @StartFundBD@UKinBangladesh and implented by @ForCnrs, they have been provided NFI, Shelter support and dignity kit.
#EmergencyResponseinChandpur
@ForCnrs team worked hard to reach for river erosion affected people in Rajrajeswhawar union of Chandpur Sadar Upazila in Chandpur district under the emergency response project "River Bank Erosion Risk Reduction Effort (RBERRE)" supported by @StartFundBD@UKinBangladesh.
"Keeping sand in the rivers is the best adaptation to climate change. If a river delta receives enough sediment, it builds itself above sea level in a natural reaction" #WWF's @marcgoichot in superb #sandmining article by @ManipadmaJena@thomsonreuters
'As sand mining grows, Asia’s deltas are sinking, water experts warn' - great video clip on critical impacts of sand mining in Vietnam via @vietnamenglish
https://t.co/oB5HUdJWWJ
About 60 dressing machines extracting 12,000,000 cft sand per day from 8 points of Meghna river basin at Chandpur. “Unplanned extraction at downstream may cause rash flow and erosion in upstream”-opinion of a symposium participant. @RiversTROSA.