Critique: The Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000 and the (draft) Social Forestry Rules, 2000
Critiques and insights of the environmentalists and ethnic communities of Bangladesh on the "Forest (Amendment) Act, 2000" and the "(draft) Social Forestry Rules, 2000". 2001, English, 80 Pages, Paperback | Tk.75 / US$5 The critique presents a critical...
Bon O Boner Adhibasi
Compiles information and insights presented at a national seminar on forest, forest people and forest culture.1996, Bangla, 76 pages, Photocopy only | Tk.100 / US$5 Bon O Boner Adhibasi (Forest and Forest People) is a booklet that compiles information and...
Modhupur: The Vanishing Forest and Her People in Agony
Text and Photography by Philip GainPublished by Society for Environment and Human DevelopmentPublished 2019, English, PBK, 160 page | Tk.500/US$10 Modhupur, one of 12 upazilas in Tangail district is well known for its sal forest and the Garo and Koch...
Koch of Modhupur: A Demographic and Socioeconomic Survey of a Marginal Ethnic Community
Koch iswell-known ethnic community of Bangladesh heavily assimilated into the majority Bangalee community. The 1991 population census enumerated the Koch at 16,5676 in the entire country though no segregated data at theupazila level was presented. A large...
Ambushed by Greed: The Chak Story – by Philip Gain
Longodujhuri (Khal) Chak Para, now deserted of human habitation, is located in Baishari Union in Naikongchari Upazila in Bandarban Hill District. Quite unknown even to regular trekkers to the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). Baishari is one of four unions in...
Lower Depths: Little-Known Ethnic Communities of Bangladesh
Edited by Philip Gain | English PBK, 220 pages, 2016 | Price: Tk. 400 US$15In the latest government record (2010), the number of the ethnic communities in Bangladesh was 27 (duplications considered, their actual number is 24). The ethnic communities...
On the Margins: Images of Tea Workers and Ethnic Communities
“On the Margins: Images of Tea Workers and Ethnic Communities” documents life, culture and diversity in Bangladesh’s tea workers and little-known ethnic communities. It gives readers a rare glimpse into the fascinating lives of Bangladesh’s invisible and...
Excluded Groups and Democratization
Economic progress that Bangladesh has made in recent times is well appreciated around the world. The extreme poverty has also significantly decreased. Yet there are socially and economically excluded groups of people for their identity, captive situation,...
The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Man-Nature Nexus Torn
"The Chittagong Hill Tracts: Man-Nature Nexus Torn" is a report on the state of environment in the CHT. Once part of a mega-diversity zone in South Asia, the CHT has lost its majestic look. It is now faced with an ecological disaster. The hills are barren...