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Biodiversity of Bangladesh
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: Received: 12 February 2017 / Approved: 14 February 2017 / Online: 14 February 2017 (03:08:37 CET)
How to cite: Mukul, S.A.; Biswas, S.R.; Rashid, A.Z.M.M. Biodiversity of Bangladesh. Preprints 2017, 2017020045. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201702.0045.v1 Mukul, S.A.; Biswas, S.R.; Rashid, A.Z.M.M. Biodiversity of Bangladesh. Preprints 2017, 2017020045. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201702.0045.v1
Abstract
Biodiversity has become an issue of global anxiety over the past decades due to its rapid decline worldwide. Bangladesh as one of the most densely populated countries in the world is no more exception. The country, although, was once very rich in biodiversity, during the last few decades as a consequence of the rapid reduction in forest area, urbanisation, habitat modification, unsustainable natural resources use and collection and overall climate change it has decreased alarmingly. Of late, the government, as a signatory of various regional and international conservation treaties, has taken various initiatives to improve country’s dwindling biodiversity. This paper reviews the present situation of biodiversity in Bangladesh, management trends and major causes of biodiversity loss. A separate statutory body is fundamental to ensure conservation, sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits arisen from biodiversity in the country.
Keywords
biodiversity loss; conservation; deforestation; Bangladesh
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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