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Viewing cable 07DHAKA611, REO VISITS DHAKA Q REVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07DHAKA611 2007-04-16 01:28 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Dhaka
VZCZCXRO6160
RR RUEHCI
DE RUEHKA #0611 1060128
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 160128Z APR 07
FM AMEMBASSY DHAKA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 3806
INFO RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI 9822
RUEHKT/AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU 9036
RUEHIL/AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD 1598
RUEHLM/AMEMBASSY COLOMBO 7875
RUEHGO/AMEMBASSY RANGOON 2532
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL CALCUTTA
UNCLAS DHAKA 000611 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV EAID BG
SUBJECT:  REO VISITS DHAKA Q REVIEWS ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 
 
 
1.  SUMMARY.  REO John Adams and FSN Jay Pal Shrestha visited Dhaka 
March 7 Q 14 as part of a series of regular regional visits.  They 
met with embassy personnel, GOB officials, and NGOs to assess major 
environmental issues facing Bangladesh.  They also visited USAID 
projects in the field, and participated in the International 
Conference on Water and Floods Management organized by the Institute 
of Water and Flood Management of the Bangladesh University of 
Engineering and Technology (BUET).  END SUMMARY 
 
 
2.  Environmental Compliance:  Dr. Khandaker Rashedul Haque, 
Director, EIA Directorate, Department of Environment, said current 
staff levels in his Department are inadequate to monitor 
environmental compliance in Bangladesh.  With only 250 employees 
currently, he has put forward a proposal requesting 1,500 more. 
NOTE:  REO feels that this proposal is unlikely to receive serious 
consideration absent substantial GOB administrative reform and 
reprioritization.   END NOTE. 
 
3.  Regional Water Resource Management:  Dr. Mir Sajjad Hossain, 
Director, Joint Rivers Commission, discussed the continuing 
challenge of establishing a regional approach to water resources 
management, expressing his opinion that the Indian Farraka barrage 
on the Ganges River has resulted in substantial environmental and 
economic impact on Bangladesh.  He suggested that the U.S. could 
press India to adopt a regional approach to water resources 
management.  He appreciated the U.S. role in sponsoring the Regional 
Flood Forecasting Project implemented by the International Center 
for Integrated Mountain Development, which is aimed at establishing 
a South Asian system for exchanging real time flood information. 
 
4.  USAID Funded Projects:  Darrell Deppert from Winrock 
International described the success of the USAID-funded MACH aquatic 
ecosystem management project.  He was concerned about the transition 
between the end of USAID support for the program in June and the 
World Bank's expected assumption of support and replication of the 
project in other areas of Bangladesh. REO visited the Baikka Beel 
Sanctuary portion of the MACH project in Srimongol, where dry season 
wetlands conservation practices are increasing the monsoon fish 
catch and attracting numerous migratory birds.  REO and FSN met a 
local womenQs group that had borrowed money from MACHQs 
micro-finance programs to start diverse small businesses, thereby 
relieving pressure on the areaQs fish resources.  Also while in 
Srimongol, Philip DeCosse of International Resources Group 
facilitated a visit to the USAID-funded Nishorgo project at 
Lawachara Park and introduced a local menQs group who had learned 
through the program to use the park's resource base in a 
sustainable, environmentally friendly way. 
 
5.  Urban Waste Solutions:  A. H. Md. Maqsood Sinha and Mr. Iftekhar 
Enayetullah, co-founders and executive directors of Waste Concern, 
gave a detailed explanation on establishing DhakaQs first renewable 
urban waste management system.  Their system is being copied in 
Vietnam and Sri Lanka, and they are receiving more requests for 
technical support.  Waste Concern's key concept is to commoditize 
the waste and recycle the biodegradable components into compost 
fertilizers. 
 
6.  Education of Water Resource Professionals:  Dr. A. Atiq Rahman, 
Executive Director, Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies, 
described its new graduate science program in the area of gender and 
water, supported by the Dutch.  He expects that in the next ten 
years there will be 450 graduates and over half will be women.  He 
added that he was also working with the International Foundation for 
Science based in Sweden to provide proposal writing training to 15 
South Asia water professionals annually. 
 
7.  Conference on Water and Flood Management:  The Netherlands' 
Embassy and the Institute of Water and Flood Management of the 
Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) 
co-sponsored the Conference, which attracted government officials, 
scientists, and engineers from all over Asia to look into the major 
water resource and flood management challenges facing Bangladesh. 
One of the major issues raised was the environmental impact of the 
rapidly growing shrimp industry on inland waters: salt water is 
being pumped up from the Bay of Bengal to shrimp farms, pushing the 
line of salinity northward and degrading soil quality. 
 
8.  REO cleared this cable. 
 
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