Earth Touch

Earth Touch

Aug 26, 1995 | Magazines

An occasional magazine published by SEHD that contain investigative reports, analyses, interviews and photographs on issues and concerns of Bangladesh. From 1995, English and Bangla, Magazine.
Tk.25 / US$1 each. 6 Issues (1995-2018) Tk. 400/ USD 15 | Dharitri –14 Issues (1995-2014), Tk. 350/ USD 15

Earth Touch (English) and Dharitri (Bangla) are occasional magazines published by SEHD that contain investigative reports, analyses, interviews and photographs that help people understand some of the complex issues and concerns of Bangladesh. The content of both magazines is fairly similar but not always identical.

Magazine Details

Published: From 1995
Language: English (Earth Touch) and Bangla (Dharitri)
Magazine: Various lengths
Editor: Philip Gain
Price Per Issue: Tk.25 / US$1

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Earth Touch-16 Issues (1995-2018)
Tk. 400/ USD 15

Dharitri –14 Issues (1995-2014)
Tk. 350/ USD 15

Mandi – Documentary

Mandi – Documentary

Dec 22, 1994 | Adivasis and Forests, Documentary Films

The struggle of the Garos and the destruction of their sal forest in Mymensingh and Tangail districts of Bangladesh.
1994, English and Bangla, 28 mins | DVD Tk.200 / US$10 | CD Tk.100 | US$5

Mandi is a documentary film on the struggle of the matralineal Garos and the destruction of a unique sal forest in Mymensingh and Tangail districts of Bangladesh. Of 100,000 in Bangladesh, around 20,000 of them live in the Modhupur sal forest. Not many years ago, huge sal, other timber trees and medicinal plants covered the third-largest forest of Bangladesh, the Modhupur forest. Today vast areas lie denuded or sparsely covered by trees and undergrowth. The government’s commercial plantation programs in the name of “community” or “social forestry” have generated some patches of exotic fuel wood trees, causing further harm to the natural forests.

Publication Details

Published: 1994
Language: English and Bangla
Length: 28 minutes
Director: Ashfaque Munir
DVD: Tk.200 / US$10
CD: Tk.100 / US$5

Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh

Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh

Dec 22, 1993 | Adivasis and Forests

The state of the indigenous people of Bangladesh and some of the acute problems they face.
1993, English, 74 pages, Photocopy only | Tk.40 / US$2 

1993 was the Year of the Indigenous Peoples. Three hundred million indigenous peoples throughout the world today are most vulnerable peoples to discrimination and victims of negative impacts of many development activities. The core problems pertain to their land possession.

In Bangladesh, a million of them are mainly forest dwellers in the plains and in the hills. The natural forest has particular role in the life and culture in Bangladesh and anywhere in the world. But it is a matter of great regret that the natural forest in Bangladesh and in many Asian countries is disappearing rapidly to be degraded or replaced by the exotic species in violation of the Convention on Biological Diversity. This monograph deals with the state of the Indigenous Peoples of Bangladesh and some of the acute problems they face.

Publication Details

Published: 1993
Language: English
Photocopy only: 74 pages
Editor: Philip Gain
Price: Tk.40 US$2

State of Pesticide Business and Use in Bangladesh

Dec 6, 1993 | Adivasis and Forests

State of the pesticide market in Bangladesh, extent of overuse or misuse and influencing factors in usage as well as the environmental impact.
1993, English, 47 pages, Photocopy | Tk.150 / US$6 

Achieving self-sufficiency in food production and sustaining such production level is a major objective of the Bangladesh Government. But the heavily populated country has a total land surface of 14.4 million hectares, of which 9.1 hectares are used for agriculture, and 80% of this agricultural land is used for growing rice. Because of humid climate for many months of the year, a large number of insect pests are present on the crops. For the same reason a big population of beneficial parasites and predators of insect pest are also present on the crops.

The farmers in Bangladesh, out of ignorance and because of high illiteracy rates (90% rural illiteracy), depend quite heavily on a variety of pesticides to control pest with other agricultural inputs. The presence of enourmous amount of parasites and predators and their usefulness as bio-control agents which are highly vulnerable to these toxic chemicals.

This report looks at the pesticide market in Bangladesh, extent of overuse or misuse and influencing factors in usage as well as the environmental impact.

Publication Details

Published: 1993
Language: English
Photocopy: 47 pages
Editor: Philip Gain
Price: Tk.150 / US$6

Rohingya Refugee Issue

Rohingya Refugee Issue

Aug 26, 1992 | Other

This report looks at the Rohingya refugees, their situation, the camps as well as the issue of repatriation.
1992, English, 32 pages, Photocopy | Tk.50 / US$2

A quarter million Rohingya refugees who fled the Myanmar military persecution are now sheltered in 19 camps, mostly in Cox’s Bazar, a southern district of Bangladesh bordering Myanmar. Of the 3 million people in Myanmar’s Arakan province, approximatel 2 million are Rohinga muslims who continue to face persecution under the rule of General Ne Win.

This report looks at the Rohingya refugees, their situation, the camps as well as the issue of repatriation.

Publication Details

Published: 1992
Language: English
Photocopy: 32 pages
Editor: Philip Gain, Brother Jarlath D’Souza CSC
Price: Tk.50 / US$2