amended to include a constitutional
directive to the State to protect the
environment and natural resources for
current and future generations.
By 2050 it is estimated that one in every 7
people in Bangladesh is likely to be
displaced by climate change, and they are
also likely to move to urban centres already
burdened with meeting the needs of a
dense population.
As part of climate change mitigation, the
government is giving high priority to clean
and renewable energy including one of the
world's largest solar home energy systems,
covering 10 per cent of the off-grid
population, and reducing emissions from
brick-making, one of the largest sources of
stationary emissions in the country.
The Sundarbans still not secured
In 2015, a ship bearing 500 ton Potash
fertilizer sank in the Vola river in May8 and a
ship bearing 510 metric ton coal sank in the
Poshur river in October.9 Besides, there are
other reported ship sinking incidents. In all
major incidents, the environment of the
Sundarbans, the life of animals and aquatic
beings and the life and living of the people
living in that area are affected. The
government still did not take any effective
step to protect the forest and lives related
to the forest. Further, the GoB also has to
take preventive measure to save the
Sundarbans from accidental incidents
related to the Rampal Power Plant.
JAMAKON deems that development cannot
be done at the cost of human life and the
environment.
Moreover,
Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) should be
conducted with due care and scientifically.
In December 9 of 2014, a ship bearing
357664 liter furnace oil sank in the
Shelariver.10 After the incidence, a writ was
filed seeking direction to save the
Sundarbans on 15 December 2014 against
environment and forest ministry, shipping
corporation, BIWTA, SP Khulna and SP
Bagerhat.11 The speedy disposal of the writ
is necessary to save the forest and
environment of Bangladesh.
Corruption
OHCHR recognized that, corruption has
negative impact in the enjoyment of the
human rights. The Human Rights Council
also
recognized
the
importance
of
fighting corruption for the prevention of
human rights violations. The existence of
corruption shows that, people are falling
victim of violation of human rights.
Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of
Transparency
International
has
wide
acceptance in assessing the corruption
situation of a country. The Corruption
Perceptions
Index
ranks
countries/territories based on how corrupt a
country’s public sector is perceived to be. It
is a composite index, drawing on
corruption-related data from expert and
business surveys carried out by a variety of
independent and reputable institutions.
In its CPI of 2015, Bangladesh scored 25
out of 100 points and ranked 13th position
from the bottom and 139th from the top
among 168 countries. Bangladesh’s score
remained same at 25 compared to scores of
2014, while the rank went down by a
position from the bottom, and moved up six
positions from the top.This year's data for
Bangladesh were collected from seven
sources:
Economist
Intelligence
Unit-Country Risk Assessment, Global
Insight Country Risk Ratings, International
Country Risk Guide, World Bank Country
Policy and Institutional Assessment, World
Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey,
8
http://www.jugantor.com/old/current-news/2015/05/05/25
8920
10
http://www.jugantor.com/old/current-news/2015/05/05/2
58920
9
http://www.amadershomoys.com/unicode/2015/10/28/272
01.htm#.VsrAO0CVPl0
11
http://www.dw.com/bn/my›`y ie‡b-wech©q-gi‡Q-RjR-cÖvYx-†R‡jiv-†eKvi/
a-18129291
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