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Article: Reporting from Bangladesh.(International Health)
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- March 1, 2004
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Bangladesh is a land of extremes. Home to an estimated 140-plus million people, it is among the most overpopulated and impoverished countries in the world. Its climate produces flooding in the monsoon season and severe droughts in the dry season. Bangladesh is also home to many species of wildlife that are on the verge of extinction. Few countries bespeak such a precarious balance between humans and the natural environment, and despite measures taken by the Bangladeshi government in recent years, the natural resource base continues to deteriorate, concludes the Bangladesh State of the Environment report.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) began ...