Media coverage of environmental issues in Bangladesh and its role in influencing policy and action / Nerun N Yakub

• Main Author: Yakub, Nerun N
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Communication and Media Studies (FCMS) 1993
• Subjects: Public policy (General). Policy sciences; Attribution of news. Reporters and reporting; Bangladesh
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63683/1/63683.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/63683/; https://forumkomunikasi.uitm.edu.my/

Bangladesh's policy makers, did not even incorporate the word 'environment' in its national development plans prior to 1990. After the two major floods in Bangladesh-1987 and 1988- got environmentalists linking deforestation, hydrological interventions, global warming, unwise land use...