Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fishs slide to extinction

Indigenous effort in Bangladesh helps reverse endangered fishs slide to extinction

Source: mongabay

1/19/2024

Unchecked logging and quarrying of rocks from streambeds in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts led to springs drying up and populations of putitor mahseer fish, an endangered species, disappearing.
The situation was worsened by climate change impacts, characterized here by a more intense dry season during which even streams that once ran year-round now dry up.

A project launched in 2016 and backed by USAID and the UNDP is working with Indigenous communities to reverse this decline, starting with efforts to cut down on logging and quarrying.
As a result of these efforts, areas where forests have been conserved have seen the flow of springs stabilize and populations of putitor mahseer and other fish revive.

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