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ABOUT BCAS |
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| The Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) is an independent, non-profit, non-government, policy, research and implementation institute working on Sustainable Development (SD) at local, national, regional and global levels. It was established in 1986 and over 30 years and has grown to become a leading research institute in the non-government sector in Bangladesh and South Asia. BCAS encourages multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in its approaches of running programs and projects by working under four broad themes, Environment-development integration, Good governance and people’s participation, Poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods, Economic growth and public-private partnership. BCAS has over hundred full-time and some part-time staff working in different capacities, with a large group of senior professionals and scientists, and many mid-level professionals and researchers. |
MESSAGE FROM THE ED |
ANNUAL REPORT 2012-2013 |
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Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) started its journey in the middle of the 1980s by a multidisciplinary group of scientists. Their efforts began by addressing poverty reduction, environment degradation and enhancing socio-economic devlopment leading to good governance. In the beginning, a major source of knowledge for these scientists was from vulnerable groups and communities, many of whom were non-literate. As the process was gradually contributing to sustainable development and environment transformation, climate change emerged as a major threat to many of these poor vulnerable communities in Bangladesh. BCAS rose to that challenge and channeled efforts towards solution based research on climate vulnerabilities, adaptation and mitigation. It soon became apparent that the communities were not only vulnerable to negative impacts of climate change but their efforts to reduce poverty and achieve better standards of living were being threatened also. Consequently, BCAS led a movement to bring Community Based Adaptation (CBA) as a core concept and has established this in the global discourse. BCAS along with its partner-IIED, London, initiated the process of an international conference on CBA, a major event that is being organized every year. BCAS implemented over 50 projects of various sizes in environment-impact assessment, energy efficiency, water supply and sanitation, climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and livelihood promotions. |
1. Introduction
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Library GI Information Centre |
Geographic Information System (GIS) |
Remote Sensing (RS) and Modeling |
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Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 |
Champions of Earth |
Paribesh Padak |
Dr. Atiq Rahman is a well recognized global leader in sustainable development. He was a lead author of the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report, which received Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. He was a recipient of this Noble Peace Prize with other scientists. |
Dr Atiq Rahman has been awarded the UN Highest Award for Environment 'Champions of the Earth 2008'. This award recognizes the extraordinary leadership and his contribution to environmental issues, sustainable development and climate change. |
Bangladesh National Environment Award - 2008 Dr. Atiq Rahman, Executive Director of BCAS, received the Award from the Government of Bangladesh for Environmental Research and Technology Innovation. |
 Climate Change And Development Link |  Dhaka City - State Of Environment (SOE) 2005 |  Facing Up To Climate Change In South Asia |  Promoting Eco-Friendly Agricultural Practices in the Chanda Beel/Area |  Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Development of Bangladesh Integrating Adaptation Into Policies and Activities |  Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Development of Bhutan Integrating Adaptation Into Policies and Activities |  Adverse Impacts of Climate Change on Development of Nepal Integrating Adaptation Into Policies and Activities |  Climate Change and The Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism Stories From The Developing World |  South-North Dialogue On Equity In The Greenhouse A Proposal For An Adequate And Equitable Global Climate Agreement |  Adaptation Day at Cop 9 |  Global Environmental Outlook 3 |  Mainstreaming Adaptation To Climate Change In Least Developed Countries (LDCS) |  Groundwater Resources and Development in Bangladesh Background to the Arsenic Crisis, Agricultural Potential and the Environment |  The End of Development? Global Warming, Disasters and The Great Reversal of Human Progress |  Natural Resource Management-Towards Better Integration |  People’s Livelihoods at the Land-Water Interface Emerging Perspectives on Interactions between People and Floodplain Environment |  People’s Livelihoods at the Land-Water Interface Emerging Perspectives on Interactions between People and Floodplain Environment |  Global Environment Outlook 2000 |  Amader Poribesh Our Environment (Training Manual) |  Paribesh Biddya |  Environment Profile: Bangladesh |  Guide to the Environmental Conservation Act 1995 and Rules 1997 |  From Flood to Scarcity: Re-Defining The Water Debate In Bangladesh (Working Papers, Environment and Development Series No. 1) |  Drinking Water, Bathing and Sanitation The Risk to Human Health in Rural Bangladesh (School of the Environment, Environment and Development series No. 2, Working Papers) |  Asia Least-Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy (ALGAS)- Bangladesh |  Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate Change for Bangladesh |  Exploding the Population Myth: Consumption Versus Population - which is the Climate Bomb? |  Wetland Resource Management in Chanda BeeL |  A New Initiative For North-South Dialogue On Climate Change Good Practices, Technology Innovation And New Partnership For Sustainable Development Challenges and Opportunities in Implementing the Climate |  National Environment Management Action Plan (NEMAP) (4 vol) |
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