would submerge one third ot gladesh, the Coastal Area Resource Plopment and Management Accwict (CARDMA) organised a one-day ar in Dhaka on 5 March 1989 40 Ww the state of “greenhouse” know, and possible implications "for desh. CARDMA is a voluntary foation of 13 Bangladeshi Members cy fament with coastal ported By @ panel of technical experts, seminar was opened by the President igladesh, and the two technical brs were chaired respectively by the pets of Finance and Planning. Four and six Bangladeshi. scicntiste Ented technical papers {Ihe seminar should do much to allay fears concerning the impact of Bangladesh's coastal Bar latest Predictions of a globel el rise are’ o 5 Bengal, * increase monsoon rainfall (by, Sects of a rising sea-level on sh are difficult t0 predict, ‘The Pahmaputra-Meghna delta is Swbsiding near the coast by DISASTERS VOL a LL— around 2 billion ‘tons of river alluvinc, Yhich apparently balances this sebar dence. Probably, tidal sedimentoran Would continue to raise coastal orn seueatTently with a rising sea-level, sng sedimentation annual snaler, Pump drainage or warping (flood. cee ith silty water) would be needed to counter such adverse effects of + rising snastvel. Environmental impact. state Sits eed to be established fo measur, and assess possible changes No, formal recommendations were aiade at the end of the seminar, but it ee arranged Panel of H. Brammer 37 Kingway Court, Bummer First Avenue, Hove, E. Sussex. ME 13 NUMBER |