Khulna Declaration to Protect Lives and Livelihoods of Southwest Coastal Region
Saturday, 10 July 2010, 25 Asharh 1416 Khulna, Bangladesh -------------------------------------------------------- We, more than two hundred representatives from different sectors of the society including members of parliament and representatives from local government, political parties, researcher, teacher, women rights movement, socio-cultural organization, students' organization, development organization, small and marginal farmer and forest and indigenous communities of southwest coastal region of Bangladesh, Gathering today on tenth of July Two thousand Ten AD in the eve of 'Southwest Coastal Conference on Impact of Climate Change on Coastal Livelihood: Perspective Cyclone Aila' at Khulna Divisional City, Recalling the potentials of world heritage the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest, fertile alluvial land, billion tons of sediments, disaster-tolerant local rice varieties, rivers and canals like arteries and rich traditional cultural practices; Concerned for the ...