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The 110 million people who live in the low-lying deltaic country of Bangladesh are highly dependent upon an agricultural system that is finely attuned to a tropical monsoon climate and associated water regime. Any significant change in the climate and water regimes of Bangladesh is likely to have profound effects on biological resources. This in turn could have serious effects on the socio-economic systems of the country (see Chapter 5). Here, the effects of climate and sea-level changes on the hydrological and biological resources of Bangladesh are explored through four main questions: What is the current resource setting of Bangladesh? How might the water resources be affected by climate warming? How might crop agriculture be affected? How might other bio-resources be affected by changing climate and water regimes? The final section of this chapter draws conclusions from this review and identifies follow-up actions that could be taken in response to the question: What needs to be done?
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Brammer, H., Asaduzzaman, M., Sultana, P. (1996). Effects of Climate and Sea-level Changes on the Natural Resources of Bangladesh. In: Warrick, R.A., Ahmad, Q.K. (eds) The Implications of Climate and Sea–Level Change for Bangladesh. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0241-1_4
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