GIS Application Environmental Monitoring

Presentation
on
GIS Application for Environmental Analysis and
Monitoring
Motaleb Hossain Sarker

Director
Ecology, Forestry and Biodiversity Division
Center for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS)
Global Biodiversity : Species numbers of Vascular Plants
Projected number of plant species 2050 : European Union
Climate Change impact on potential distribution of reptiles and
amphibians in 2050: European Union
About 9 % mammals under risk for extinction during the 21st century.
National Resources Maps of Belize: European Union
Protected Areas and Biological Corridors: Bhutan
Ecologically Sensitive Sites of BD
Wetlands and ecologically sensitive sites Wetland Types Area (km2) % of Area
River, canal &
10300 13.77
estuaries
Natural depression 1141.69 1.52
Ponds 1619.43 2.16
Ox-bow lakes 544.88 0.73
Reservoir 688 0.92
Seasonal flood lands 28000 37.42
Brackish water farms 873 1.17
Mangroves wetland 6100 8.15
Beels and Baors 5000 6.68
Peat lands 155 0.21
SWAM forest 20400 27.27
Total 74822 100
Source: Gopal and Wetzel 1995
Protected Areas of BD
1. Sundarban West Wildlife Sanctuary
2. Sundarban South Wildlife Sanctuary
3. Sundarban East Wildlife Sanctuary
4. Char Kukri-Mukri Wildlife Sanctuary
5. Nijhum Dweep National Park
6. Medha Kachpia National Park
7. Himchari National Park
8. Technaf Game Reserve
9. Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary
10. Kaptai National Park
11. Hazarikhil Wildlife sanctuary
(Proposed)
12. Pablakhali Wildlife Sanctuary
13. Satchuri National Park (Proposed)
14. Rema Kalenga Wildlife Sanctuary
15. Bhawal National Park
16. lawachara National Park
17. Hail Haor Wildlife Sanctuary
(Proposed)
18. Madhupur National Park
19. Ramsagar National Park
Bio-ecological Zones of Bangladesh
Agro-ecological Zones of Bangladesh
20. Eastern Surma-Kusiyara Floodplain

21. Sylhet Basin
25. Level Barind Tract
26. High Barind Tract
27. North-Eastern Barind Tract
Drought prone area and ecological zone
Natural Disasters and Climate Change
Climate induced Natural
Disasters of Bangladesh
Impact on Ecosystem
Environmental Degradation
Env monitoring: Base map of a compost plant site
Environmental and Social Baseline
Proposed location for the new compost Castor oil tree

plant
Aquaculture pond adjacent to the proposed Ornamental plants

Base map of Urir Char from high resolution image
Development of Urir Char from satellite images
Erosion Accretion of Urir Char from images
Existing Land Type of Urir Char from images
Soil Salinity map of Urir Char
Land Resources map of Urir Char
Landuse map of Urir Char from images
Fish Habitat map of Urir Char from images
Mangrove forest map of Urir Char from images
Bird Habitat map of Urir Char
Aquatic Biodiversity Habitat Monitoring
Aquatic habitats can be classified as:
 Freshwater
 Non-flowing waters like lakes and ponds,
 Slowly-flowing waters like marshes and
swamps, and
 Flowing waters like rivers and streams.
 Marine
 Terrestrial
Aquatic Biodiversity Status of Bangladesh
Types No. of Species

Freshwater Finfish 260
Marine and Freshwater Fish 708
Waterfowl 150
Reptiles 50
Mammals 24
Amphibians 19
Palaemonid And Penaeid Prawns 63
Edible To Tortoise And Turtles 25
Crabs, Freshwater Mussels, And Snails 17
Exotic Fish 15
(Source: Rahman, 1989)

Threatened native freshwater fish species Bangladesh
Threatened Type No. of Species

Critically Endangered 12
Endangered 28
Vulnerable 14
Total 54
IUCN Bangladesh (2000)
Example (Critically Endangered):Bagarius bagarius (Bagahair),

Channa barca (Pipla shol, Tila shol), Clupeisoma garua (Ghaura),
Eutropiichthys vacha (Bacha), Labeo boga (Bhangan, Bata) etc
Monitoring Aquatic Biodiversity
Monthly variation in diversity of fish and prawn species id different

beels (November 2002-June 2004)
Month Beel Khukshia Boro beel Borobila beel Burulia beel Gawha beel*
Indigenous Total Indigenous Total Indigenous Total Indigenous Total Indigenous Total
November, 02 29 30 15 15 23 23 15 15 21 23
December, 02 25 27 17 17 24 26 17 18 20 21
January, 03 16 17 26 26 23 23 23 26 20 21
February, 03 35 38 19 19 22 22 19 21 18 21
March, 03 33 34 25 25 25 25 24 25 18 19
April, 03 30 31 26 26 28 28 27 27 19 20
May, 03 34 35 25 25 26 27 24 24 - -
June, 03 18 18 37 38 29 29 27 27 - -
July, 03 19 20 38 38 35 37 27 30 - -
August, 03 21 21 50 51 29 31 28 32 - -
September,03 25 27 53 54 32 33 34 36 - -
October, 03 25 26 46 52 34 37 33 35 - -
November, 03 25 26 45 49 32 35 29 29 14 15
December, 03 30 31 41 41 27 32 27 27 16 18
January, 04 25 26 31 32 29 29 29 30 15 17
February, 04 23 24 37 37 30 30 31 32 4 6
March, 04 25 26 33 33 25 25 31 32 - -
April, 04 24 25 30 30 27 27 30 30 - -
May, 04 22 22 30 30 20 20 24 24 - -
June, 04 18 19 19 19 21 21 12 12 3 5
Total
species** 60 63 66 72 53 58 40 44 33 38
Red list species of Indo Burma fresh-water fisheries
Critically endangered giant carp

Global Distribution of Hilsha Fish
Abundance of Hilsha and Jatka
Distribution of Hilsha Habitat

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Motaleb Hossain Sarker

20. Eastern Surma-Kusiyara Floodplain

Proposed location for the new compost Castor oil tree

Aquaculture pond adjacent to the proposed Ornamental plants

Types No. of Species

(Source: Rahman, 1989)

Threatened Type No. of Species

Example (Critically Endangered):Bagarius bagarius (Bagahair),

Monthly variation in diversity of fish and prawn species id different

Critically endangered giant carp

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