Habitat loss, climate change threaten Bangladesh’s native freshwater fishes with extinction

DHAKA – Khalilur Rahman, 65, has been fishing in a tributary of the old Brahmaputra River in Kishoreganj for 50 years. Nowadays, he often returns home empty-handed. “The river has dried up. Without enough flow of water, many species of fish have disappeared,” he said. Khalilur said when he was young, the Brahmaputra had an … Continue reading Habitat loss, climate change threaten Bangladesh’s native freshwater fishes with extinction