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BANGLADESH

COUNTRY PROFILE

IMPLEMENTATION OF AGENDA 21: REVIEW OF PROGRESS MADE SINCE THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, 1992

Information Provided by the Government of Bangladesh to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development Fifth Session 7-25 April 1997 New York

United Nations Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development Division for Sustainable Development The Information contained in this Country Profile is also available on the World Wide Web, as follows: http://www.un.org/dpcsd/earthsummit

BANGLADESH

This country profile has been provided by:
Name of Ministry/Office: Ministry of Environment and Forest
Date: 26 December 1996
Submitted by: Md. Abdul Malek, Assistant Chief
Mailing address: Ministry of Environment and Forest, Bangladesh Secretariat, Dhaka-1000
Telephone: 880-2-867472 Telefax: 880-2-869210
Note from the Secretariat: An effort has been made to present all country profiles within a common format, with an equal number of pages. However, where Governments have not provided information for the tables appended to Chapters 4 and 17, those tables have been omitted entirely in order to reduce the overall length of the profile and save paper. Consequently, there may be some minor inconsistencies among the formats of the different country profiles.
All statistics are rendered as provided by the respective Governments.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACRONYMS
OVERVIEW
FACT SHEET
AGENDA 21 CHAPTERS
2.	International cooperation to accelerate sustainable development in developing countries and related domestic policies
3.	Combating poverty
4.	Changing consumption patterns
5.	Demographic dynamics and sustainability
6.	Protecting and promoting human health
7.	Promoting sustainable human settlement development
8.	Integrating environment and development in decision-making
9.	Protection of the atmosphere
10.	Integrated approach to the planning and management of land resources
11.	Combating deforestation
12.	Managing fragile ecosystems: combating desertification and drought
13.	Managing fragile ecosystems: sustainable mountain development
14.	Promoting sustainable agriculture and rural development
15.	Conservation of biological diversity
16.	Environmentally sound management of biotechnology
17.	Protection of the oceans, all kinds of seas, including enclosed and semi-enclosed seas, and coastal areas and the protection, rational use and development of their living resources
18.	Protection of the quality and supply of freshwater resources: application of integrated approaches to the development, management and use of water resources
19.	Environmentally sound management of toxic chemicals, including prevention of illegal international traffic in toxic and dangerous products
20.	Environmentally sound management of hazardous wastes, including prevention of illegal international traffic in hazardous wastes
21.	Environmentally sound management of solid wastes and sewage-related issues
22.	Safe and environmentally sound management of radioactive wastes
23-32.	Major groups
33.	Financial resources and mechanisms
34.	Transfer of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-building
35.	Science for sustainable development
36.	Promoting education, public awareness and training
37.	National mechanisms and international cooperation for capacity-building in developing countries
38.	International institutional arrangements
39.	International legal instruments and mechanisms
40.	Information for decision-making

Source: United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

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