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Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleFuelwood Consumption and its Impact on Forests in the Teknaf Peninsula on the Southern Coast of BangladeshUllah SM Asik, Tani MasakazuThis study focuses on the household fuelwood in the Teknaf Peninsula of Bangladesh. Teknaf Peninsula has a protected forest area which is facing the threat of extinction due to the over dependency of the local people. Among the subsistence activities, harvesting fuelwood from the protected forest area is the most common and also a significant cause for the deforestation. This … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 3 · 28 May 2017 · 7,737 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsClimate Impacts and Adaptation Strategies of the Bangladeshi Coastal CommunitiesEdris AlamBangladesh is considered one of the most vulnerable countries to climate variability, fluctuation and extreme climatic events. Bangladeshi coastal communities are continuously adopting self-instinct survival strategies in order to cope with changing climatic conditions. This paper discusses the impact of climate change on livelihoods and documents current and future adaptation strategies of the Bangladeshi coastal communities from documentary sources. Later, … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 4 · 5 Apr 2018 · 8,038 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractDownstream Ecocide from Upstream Water PiracyMiah Muhammad AdelUpstream India and downstream Bangladesh share more than 50 international rivers. India has set up water diversion constructions in more than 50% of these rivers, the largest one being on the Bangladesh’s northwest upon the Ganges River, puts Bangladesh’s Gangetic ecosystem at stake. In some border rivers, India has set up groins on her side of river banks. Also, Indian … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 5 · 4 Sep 2012 · 9,077 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractTrends Analyses for Several Factors Affected by Tropical CyclonesMd. Toriqul Islam, Md. Zakaria Hossain, Masaaki IshidaProblem statement: This study presents an analytical investigation for the trends of several factors such as number of death of peoples, damages of wealth, flood surge heights, wind speed and radius of the severe storm due to tropical cyclones in Bangladesh. Approach: The study is performed by conducting the field visits to cyclone site, collected data and information on damages … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 11 Jul 2011 · 7,438 accessesView PDF Cite