Ambiente - Salute - Diritti Umani - Nutrizione - Agricoltura

Char Nongolia village is a basket case when it comes to climate change impacts such as increasing salinity, frequent cyclones, tidal surges, erratic rainfall and extended droughts.

Yet, the 40,000 people of this village, sitting on a delta that drains the sub-continent’s major river systems, have endured the creeping devastation of their homeland in southeastern Bangaldesh with no help from anywhere. There is no drinking water supply, no land to grow food crops on, no healthcare facility, no roads, no jobs and absolutely no sign of any security or authority. Any natural protection afforded by forests has long ago been stripped away. (...)

The article:
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=105786

Passato...prossimo:
https://www.fabiomanzione.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2522:bangladesh-la-storia-di-mamtaz-in-lotta-per-il-clima-e-la-giustizia&catid=33:ambiente&Itemid=58

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A United Nations Joint Project (video):

http://www.youtube.com/user/FAOVideo?feature=watch#p/u/5/hD6mi93dvdA