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Project to Protect Forest and Forest Peoples Kicked Off

Project to Protect Forest and Forest Peoples Kicked Off

The pressing issues and core concerns for the indigenous peoples and other forest-dependent peoples living in the forest regions of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) and the north-central districts of Tangail, Gazipur, and Mymensingh are centered around forests and...

Kick-off workshop

Kick-off workshop

Protecting the forest communities from drastic forest loss, plantation economy, climate change and landgrabDate: 20 July 2025Venue: CIRDAP Auditorium, 17 Topkhana Road, Dhaka-1000

Kick-off workshop

Kick-off workshop

Protecting the forest communities from drastic forest loss, plantation economy, climate change and landgrab Date: 20 July 2025 Venue: CIRDAP Auditorium, 17 Topkhana Road, Dhaka-1000 More: English | Bangla 

Call for Proposal for Evaluation

Call for Proposal for Evaluation

The Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD) is pleased to call proposal from experts for an external evaluation of a project. For details see the attachment. Please also circulate the call to competent candidates.  

Books Explain Tea Workers’ Deprivation

Books Explain Tea Workers’ Deprivation

The story of tea plantation workers of Bangladesh is one of captivity, deprivation and exploitation that has no end. Descendants of the indentured labour force, they remain tied to the tea gardens. Most of them are non-Bangalee, lower caste Hindu, Adivasis, Bihari...

Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC) Launched

Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC) Launched

Dedicated to the marginalized and excluded communities of Bangladesh, a long-cherished national entity—Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC)—was officially launched on 28 May 2022 in Dhaka. Eleven books and monographs and a documentary film on the marginalized communities...

Launching of new national entity and books

Launching of new national entity and books

Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD), in partnership with Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC), is launching  a new national entity, Brattyajan Resource Centre (BRC), dedicated to the marginalized and excluded communities of Bangladesh....

Leather Industry: Environmental Pollution and Mitigation Measures

Leather Industry: Environmental Pollution and Mitigation Measures

The environmental impacts of the leather industry in Bangladesh.1998, English and Bangla, 68 pages, Paperback Tk.100 / US$5 The tannery industry in Hazaribagh (relocated to Savar from 2017), a densely populated area in Dhaka city, is a fitting example of...