‘No way without environment-friendly development globally’

There is no way without ensuring environment-
friendly development globally to keep the plant habitable amid continuous
degradation of environment, ecology and biodiversity due to climate change.

Chief Executive of Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers’ Association (BELA) and
Supreme Court Lawyer Syeda Rizwana Hasan made the observation at a seminar
held at Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR) here today.

The Department of Bengali of BRUR organised the seminar titled “Civic
Responsibilities in Environmental Protection” at Academic Building No-2 of
the university on the campus.

Director of Riverine People, Dean of the Faculty of Arts of BRUR and
environmentalist Professor Dr Abu Saleh Mohammad Wadudur Rahman (Tuhin Wadud)
presided over the event.

Teachers and students of the university, Riverine People activists,
environmentalists, development workers and NGO executives participated in the
seminar.

Professor of the Department of Bengali Dr Nittya Ghosh delivered a welcome
speech while Director of Green Eco Sanjoy Chowdhury delivered inaugural
speech in the event moderated by teacher of the Department of Bengali of BRUR
Khairul Islam.

BELA Rajshahi Coordinator Tanmoy Sanyal and its Research Officer Raisul
Hasan, spoke, among others.

Syeda Rizwana Hasan said Bangladesh is the eighth most densely populated
country in the world.

“Our coastal districts might be submerged if the sea level rises by one
meter. We do not know where people of that vast coastal area district will go
as climate change migrants under such situations?” she asked.

She said there is no way for survival without environment-friendly
development around the world to maintain and improve the environment, ecology
and biodiversity and keep the planet habitable.

“No environmentally destructive project should be undertaken anywhere in the
globe. Any development that poisons water, air and soil cannot be called
development,” she said, putting stress on massive tree plantations for a
green nature across the globe. (BSS)