Improving Environmental Governance in Rural Bangladesh

Bangladesh is recognized to be one of the most susceptible countries in the world, highly vulnerable to climatic manifestations as a result of its unique geographic location, hydro-geological characters like the dominance of floodplains, low elevation from the sea and lastly the socio-economical characters like high population density, high levels of poverty, and overwhelming dependence on nature.

The physical environment of Bangladesh is diverse, and there is a mix of both traditional and modern methods of land use, all very closely adapted to the heterogeneous conditions.