Bangladesh Poribesh Andolon (BAPA) and Bangladesh Environment Network (BEN) will hold a special conference on “Haors, Rivers and Beels of Bangladesh.” The daylong conference will be held in Dhaka at the Science Annex Building of Dhaka University on February 14, 2023.
Papers by authors residing outside Bangladesh are requested to send the abstract and full version of their papers by e-mail to Prof. Md. Khalequzzaman, Department of Environmental, Geographical, and Geological Sciences (EGGS), Lock Haven University, PA, USA. E-mail: mkhalequ@lockhaven.edu.
Papers by authors residing in Bangladesh are requested to send the abstract and full version of their papers by email to Prof. M. Shahidul Islam (shahidul.geoenv@du.ac.bd), & Prof. Dr. Ahmed Kamruzzaman Majumder (kamrul_sub@hotmail.com)
Conference office
BAPA office, located at the address below, will serve as the office of the conference:
9/12, Block D, Lalmatia, Dhaka 1207,
Tel. +88 02 58152041, E-mail: bapa2000@gmail.com
For information about the conference, please contact:
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Kamruzzaman Majumder
Member Secretary, Conference Organizing Committee (COC) and Joint Secretary, BAPA
The main objectives of the conference, as described in the conference proposal are described below:
1) Provide a forum for resident, non-resident, and foreign experts and activists to have a collective discussion on the status of the haors, rivers, and beels, including domestic, transboundary, and global factors affected them.2) Provide an opportunity for the government officials to present their view of the status of the haors, rivers, and beels of the country and to inform the members of the environment movement and the citizens of the country about the plans, projects, and other activities they are carrying out currently and plan to carry out in the future about the rivers and the ecosystems.
3) Provide a forum for BAPA activists and leaders engaged in the struggle for protecting the haors, rivers, and beels to present their experience and express their views about ways to intensify the struggle and achieve more success in the future.
4) Provide a forum for representatives of various cross-sections of the society to express their views regarding the situation of haors, rivers, and beels and offer their suggestions about what could be done to improve the situation.
