Lika Chakma, 37, sways she can still remember her childhood days when the springs in the Digholchari Hajachara area of eastern Bangladesh, where she grew up, flowed year-round. These perennial water bodies supported not only the lives and livelihoods of the communities in the region, but also diverse fish and
Tag: Extinction
With one million species endangered, the web of life is at risk of extinction
These are not by any means just mere figures. It is about the risk of extinction of the whole life cycle. See what is at stake. Right now, one million wild plant and animal species are facing extinction. And three-quarters of the land-based environment, eighty-five percent of wetlands, and two-thirds of