Bangledesh case study

Question 1

How long is the coastline of bangledesh

Answer 1

730km

Question 2

What bay is Bangladesh located in

Answer 2

Bay of bengal

Question 3

How many fish species do the Sundarbans support

Answer 3

120

Question 4

How many birds do the sundarbans support

Answer 4

270

Question 5

How many livelihoods do these animals support

Answer 5

330,000

Question 6

How much of Bangledesh would 1m sea level rise flood

Answer 6

18%

Question 7

How much land in Bangladesh is affected by salinity and how has this increase

Answer 7

83.3 million hectares 1973 to 102 million hectares in 2000

Question 8

how much of the population lives on the coast of bangledesh

Answer 8

1/3

Question 9

What can a cyclone cause

Answer 9

Low pressure zones –> sea level rises –> flash floods

Question 10

What was the impact of a storm (name and deaths)

Answer 10

Storm Bhola 300,000, 1970

Question 11

How has the impact of storm surges this changed temporally

Answer 11

After management put in place in 1980s –> only 150,000 killed in 1991 (storm Gorky)

Question 12

How many storm shelters did the IZCM create

Answer 12

2000 –> 27% serving coastal communities

Question 13

How much of the coastline did the coastal paths cover

Answer 13

9000km

Question 14

How many dams did the ICZM create

Answer 14

123, which was 5000km of embankment

Question 15

What did part of the ICZM collaborate with

Answer 15

plan developed off UN sustainable development goals

Question 16

What organisation monitors flooding

Answer 16

Flood action plan.org

Question 17

What is the impact of salinisation on plants

Answer 17

disrupts osmotic pressure and stops them from undertaking photosynthesis, thus the plant dies

Question 18

What is the impact of salinisation on the people

Answer 18

intrusion of water supplies –> loss of fresh water

Question 19

What measures have the ICZM done to reduce the impact of salinisation

Answer 19

raised mounds –> killas 1500 of them

Question 20

What negative impact does the Killas have

Answer 20

causes sedimentation and covering of crops when flooded

Question 21

What is causing the destruction of mangroves

Answer 21

Growing population and need for resources, clearance for shrimp farms

Question 22

what are the ICZM doing in order to replace this hole in defence caused by the destruction of mangroves

Answer 22

replant over 128,000km of mangroves –> via social projects

Question 23

What other benefit do the storm shelters have other than defence/protection

Answer 23

community shelters

Question 24

What is the population of Bangledesh

Answer 24

150 mil

Question 25

How many people did a cyclone kill in 1997

Answer 25

only 111 lives –> positive impact of management