Asia & the Pacific

Bangladesh

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The country is hosting a UNESCO National Office in Dhaka.

It has had a serious problem in recent decades with the arsenic content of its groundwater resources. This has led to devastating water- and arsenic-related illnesses in Bangladeshi populations. It is taking part in the Global Ground Water Network (GROWNET) for sustainable groundwater management.

The country is participatin in several regional studies in the field of earth sciences. 

Below you can access the projects that are currently being implemented in the country within the framework of UNESCO’s Natural Sciences Sector. 

Freshwater

- Hindu Kush HimalayanFlow Regimes from the International Experimental and Network Data (HKH FRIEND)

- Global Ground Water Network (GROWNET, IGCP, Project 523)

People, Biodiversity and Ecology

- Documentation and Application of Indigenous Knowledge in Charan (Tangail) More

Oceans

- UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System programme (IOTWS)

Earth Sciences

- Deltas in the Monsoon Asia-Pacific region (DeltaMAP, International Geoscience Programme (IGCP, Project 475)

- Geological Anatomy of East and South East Asia (IGCP, Project 516)

- Quaternary Land-Ocean Interactions (IGCP, Project 495)

Basic Sciences

- Breaking the Poverty Cycle of Women: Empowering Adolescent Girls to Become Agents of Social Transformation in South Asia More

- Global Microscience Project (GPME)

Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems

- Documentation and Application of Indigenous Knowledge in Charan (Tangail) More