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Distro - Bangladesh: On The Frontline of Climate Change 

Jonas Bendiksen 

Flat as a frying pan and mostly five meters below sea level, Bangladesh is among the nations most vulnerable to climate change. While the country’s citizens have done little to create the environmental problems they face, millions risk a future as climate refugees. With the added challenges of poverty and one of the highest population densities in the world, it would be easy to think the fight against nature is already lost. But the people of Bangladesh are fighting back with resilience and creativity. In this feature Jonas Bendiksen looks at how the effects of climate change impacts their environment... 

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BANGLADESH. Asulia. 2010. 

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BANGLADESH. Padmapukur. 2009. On the 'char' (silt island) of... 

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BANGLADESH. Padmapukur. 2009. Flooded village of Dakkhin Jhapa.... 

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BANGLADESH. Sathkira District. 2010. In the cyclone Aila-affected... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Men harvesting their crop... 

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BANGLADESH. Sathkira District. 2010. Children play football in... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Wading in a foot of floodwater,... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Villagers living on a ÔcharÕ,... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. A boy fetches water from... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Villagers return from the... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. A man uses an umbrella against... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Men moving the community... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Men moving the community... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Men moving the community... 

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BANGLADESH. 2010. Migrants take the train back to Dhaka after... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010
Korail slum, one of DhakaÕs biggest informal... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010. Opposite Sadar Ghat, the cityÕs main... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010. During Eid ul-Fitr, worshippers spill... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2009. After night of heavy rains, large parts... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010.

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010. In Korail slum, environmental refugees... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010. A child navigates the unstable grounds... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010. At Karwan Bazaar vegetable wholesale... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010. At Sadar Ghat, the main passenger river... 

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BANGLADESH. Kurigram District. 2010. Villagers watching the Emirates... 

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BANGLADESH. Gaibandha District. 2010. In a rice field, villagers... 

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BANGLADESH. Shundolpur Jessore. 2009. Farmers in a ricefield.... 

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BANGLADESH. Pabna. 2010. 

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BANGLADESH. Pabna. 2010. The NGO Shidhulai Swanirvar Sangstha... 

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BANGLADESH. Dhaka. 2010 Community outreach workers from the NGO... 

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BANGLADESH. Gaibandha District. 2010. In this floodprone "char"... 

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BANGLADESH. Gaibandha District. 2010. During the harvest of jute,... 

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BANGLADESH. Gabura. 2010. An army of health workers trained by... 

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BANGLADESH. Asulia. 2010. Brick kilns marooned in water. They... 

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BANGLADESH. 2010. At Diamond Auto Bricks, a brick manufacturer... 

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BANGLADESH. Roha. 2010. A test field for water submergent-resistant... 

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BANGLADESH. Gaibandha District. 2010. Organized by the NGO Practical... 

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BANGLADESH. Gaibandha District. 2010. Villagers moving a floating... 

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BANGLADESH. Khulna District. 2010. Jahangir Alam harvesting crabs.... 

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BANGLADESH. Sathkira District. 2010. In the saline and floodprone... 

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BANGLADESH. Sathkira District. 2010. In the midst of the destruction... 

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BANGLADESH. Sathkira District. 2010. During a storm squall,... 
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