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Spatial Environmental Impact on Land Degradation in Bangladesh

Md. Mahmudur Rahman
Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Planning, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh

Md. Mostafizur Rahman
Department of Geography and Environmental Science, Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur, Bangladesh

Tamanna Akter Tanu
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Md. Masuder Rahman
Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Land is the terrestrial bio-productive system consisting of soil, vegetation and different ecological and hydrological processes that operate within the system. Land is very important for the human survival to obtain but it is being to degraded all over the world due to huge population pressure and human interventions. In Bangladesh enormous pressure on limited but vital land and soil resources are exerted, which strictly limits resilience of these resource. About 6.0 million ha or 40.43% of the total geographical area of Bangladesh is affected by land degradation. The physical signs of this degradation are observed as loss of soil fertility, loss of organic matter, accumulation of pollutants, physical, chemical, biological characteristics, drought, soil erosion due to surface runoff, soil acidification, river bank erosion, salinity of the soil, deforestation and removal of vegetation covers.

Keywords: Land Degradation, Environmental Impact, Bangladesh

Location: Department of Geography, Environment and Urban Planning, Pabna University of Science and Technology, Pabna, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Conservation and Biodiversity

Commodity: Land degradation

Objectives:

To study the environmental impact on land degradation and vulnerabilities of all hazards in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

In order to study the spatial environmental impact on land degradation in Bangladesh has been taken as a literature of the study. The study is extensively uses published and unpublished data of various books, journals and newspapers. Study related literatures provided a primary idea and information on this related terms. Where primary information survey was carried out through studying different study reports, journals, research papers, books, newspaper etc. Another the study is based on relevant secondary data collected from the sources census report as well as various governments, non governments organizations.

Source of Information: Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, Volume 1, No 2 (2012); ISSN 2305-915X

Article Link (Online Journal): http://journals.abc.us.org/index.php/ajase/issue/archive

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Achievement/Findings:

Bangladesh is a small country in size inhabited by a large number of populations. High population remains the single most important determinate of resource and environmental degradation. Land is the most basic natural resource in the country, and despite the fact that the current land-person ratio in extremely unfavorable. Population increase though slowed in recent year, is still unacceptably high. It has increased pressure on goods and services, and the turn, increased stresses on environmental resource. However, land and water are two of the most important natural resources of Bangladesh but over population due to land degradation. Among Bangladesh has responded to the issues of reversing the trend of land degradation by incorporating many activities.

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