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Bangladesh has the prospects of earning $70 million a year from carbon trading in the global carbon credit market, the central bank governor has said.
"But we couldn't attain the desired level of benefits from the clean development mechanism, due to lack of awareness," Atiur Rahman said at a workshop at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.
It is high time to introduce environment-friendly technology in the brick manufacturing process in Bangladesh, said the country director of UNDP Bangladesh.
Brick making is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions and local pollution in the country, said Stefan Priesner.
Around 33 percent of the fuel used in brick kilns comes from wood fuel, he said. "Simultaneously, brick making industry is exerting unsustainable pressure on farmlands because of the extensive use of topsoil in brick making."
UNDP in association with the government is implementing a five-year project to introduce smokeless brick making technology in Bangladesh.
At present, the country has around 8,000 brickfields that manufacture different graded bricks and other building products such as brick chips, dust, soling and herring bone, said Ali Ashraf Iftekhar, general secretary of Bangladesh Brick Manufacturing Owners Association.
The industry employs around 20 lakh individuals during peak season and eight lakh in off season, he said.
“The drive to clean-up, and improve the efficiency of, the whole sub-continent’s brick making industry is a key driver at the moment” says Derek Burston, exhibition director Indian Ceramics 2012.
“This is why the IBART 2012 expo, that runs in conjunction with Indian Ceramics 2012, is becoming increasingly important” he adds “particularly now as there are true financial benefits that can be demonstrated to companies who are willing to take the lead, and invest” he added.
With over 4,000 visitors, Indian Ceramics is the fastest growing, most interactive ceramics exhibition held in the industry.
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