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A group of local residents does a sweep of a shrimp field, collecting shrimp and small fish in the Koyra Upazila in Bangladesh.

Shrimp farms in the area are protected from flooding by 20 feet tall embarkments made mostly from clay-like soil that is prevalent in the area. However, locals live in a contact fear of cyclones that periodically hit this coastal area and destroy the embarkments.

Climate change-related warming of oceans and increasingly unpredictable and violent weather continues to push saline water further inland. Saline water pollutes local supplies of drinking water so many families needs to walk 2 miles to the nearest well with drinkable water, a task that takes at least an hour a day.

Koyra Upazila (administrative area of Koyra) in Southwest Bangladesh is located on the edge of Sundarbans National Park, a mangrove forest and wetlands, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha). The Sundarbans lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghan rivers. Koyra was historically part of the mangrove forest but the original trees were cut down by settlers when they arrived in the area.

July 15, 2017.

Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Sinking Cities Project

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A group of local residents does a sweep of a shrimp field, collecting shrimp and small fish in the Koyra Upazila in Bangladesh. <br />
<br />
Shrimp farms in the area are protected from flooding by 20 feet tall embarkments made mostly from clay-like soil that is prevalent in the area. However, locals live in a contact fear of cyclones that periodically hit this coastal area and destroy the embarkments. <br />
<br />
Climate change-related warming of oceans and increasingly unpredictable and violent weather continues to push saline water further inland. Saline water pollutes local supplies of drinking water so many families needs to walk 2 miles to the nearest well with drinkable water, a task that takes at least an hour a day. <br />
<br />
Koyra Upazila (administrative area of Koyra) in Southwest Bangladesh is located on the edge of Sundarbans National Park, a mangrove forest and wetlands, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha). The Sundarbans lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghan rivers. Koyra was historically part of the mangrove forest but the original trees were cut down by settlers when they arrived in the area. <br />
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July 15, 2017. <br />
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Photo by Marcin Szczepanski/Sinking Cities Project