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Six-day Int
symposium on climate change begins Aug 25
(DHAKA,
August 18, 2008) |
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A six-day
international symposium on 'Climate
change and food security in South Asia'
will be held here from Aug 25 to 30.
The symposium is jointly organized by
the Dhaka University and the Ohio State
University, USA with the support of the
government, World Meteorological
Organisation (WMO), Food and Agriculture
Organisation (FAO) and United Nation's
Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and Pacific (UNESCAP).
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President Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed is
expected to inaugurate the symposium and
the Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed to
conclude it.
In this regard, a coordination meeting
on preparation of the symposium was held
at the Bangabhaban today. President
Professor Dr Iajuddin Ahmed, who is the
chief patron of the symposium presided
the meeting.
Vice Chancellor of the Dhaka University
Dr M A Fiaz, coordination of the
symposium professor AHM Mustafizur
Rahman of Soil science Department of DU,
Secretaries of the Ministries of
Agriculture, Health and Family Welfare,
Education, Foreign Affairs, Environment
and Forest, Science and ICT and high
officials of other concerned ministries
attended the meeting.
Secretary of the President's Office Md
Sirajul Islam, Military Secretary to the
President Major General Mohammad Ruhul
Amin and President's Press Secretary
Abdul Awal Howlader were also present on
the occasion.
President Prof Iajuddin appreciated the
efforts of the Dhaka University to
organize such an international symposium
and also thanked the concerned
ministries for their cooperation.
He said the findings from the symposium
would help the south Asian countries to
protect environment as well as to ensure
food security and safe drinking water
for their people.
So far, Dr Fiaz said, 240 environment,
agriculture and soil science experts
from home and abroad have registered to
join the symposium.
Sixty to Sixty-five different research
papers on adaptation and mitigation of
climate change as well as address the
food security issue would be presented
at the symposium, he added.
The symposium is going to organize as
the continuation of the paper on
'Bangladesh: Problems of Global warming,
Land Inundation and Arsenic Poisoning'
which was presented by the President
Prof Dr Iajuddin Ahmed at the Ohio State
University during his USA visit last
November, Bangabhaban source said. |
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