The need for community inclusion in water basin governance in Bangladesh
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Background The research that informs this study was conducted in Chapra village, Kushtia District, Bangladesh, located about 20 km east of the Indian border. Chapra is located within the Ganges Dependent Area (GDA) in Bangladesh which, in turn, is located within the Ganges–Brahmaputra Basin (GBB), one of the largest river basins in the world by area and second only to the Amazon in terms of the total volume of water it carries (see Fig. 1). The livelihood challenges faced by farming communities in Chapra are typical of those that occur throughout the GDA in Bangladesh and in some respects are representative of those that occur throughout the entire basin. Water governance structures in all the basin countries tend to be highly centralized and this is particularly the case in Bangladesh. Chapra is just one of many communities that has experienced a significant reduction in water availability due to upstream diversions from the Ganges River by India but Abstract
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