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Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: A discourse of contemporary development approach and practices

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Sustainable Development and Biodiversity: A discourse of contemporary development approach and practices Abstract :   In the sense, over the last two and half decades ‘sustainable development’ has mature from a phrase expressing anxiety for social and environmental evils to a global obsession. The notion supposedly offers cures for the many and assorted harms that bothering contemporary society, and that the reason it engages an integrated approach, the sustainable development trend has resulted much-needed partnership connecting experts from different environments, to work on the difficult dilemmas concerned in the exchanges linking society and environment ( FRAZIER, J. G.- 1997 ). Consequently, the term is rarely defined, and, being elegant and institutionalized, the ‘sustainability movement’ now straights the method much science and policy for natural protection and development are considered, implemented and evaluated. Occult, but essential, in virtually all c...

Bangladesh: Challenges in Sustainable Agriculture

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Bangladesh: Challenges in Sustainable Agriculture A.    Introduction There are 2.5 billion people in the world whose livelihoods depend on agriculture. Of these, one billionaire family farmers working small farms (of two hectares or less). The other 1.5 billion include farm laborers, fishers, migrant workers and pluralists. Family farms are more than just businesses.They also contributes to local, regional and national food security and to economic development. Forthe farmers themselves, their farms are the basis for secure livelihoods and their well-being. World agriculture will undergo far-reaching economic and physical change in the coming 50 years. Population increase, urbanization and income growth will drive the demand for food while high energy prices, stress on natural resources, and climate change may act to constrain supply. To feed the world’s growing population – projected to exceed 9 billion in 2050 (UN, 2009) – it will be necessary to boost the produc...