This is the first-ever online platform dedicated to disseminating early warnings and sharing cutting-edge research findings and the latest news on landslide disasters in Bangladesh. The initiative was undertaken by Dr Bayes Ahmed in 2012, who leads and coordinates the landslide projects and administers this website.

Our ultimate goal is to conduct landslide research work, publish high-quality articles, create community awareness, provide consultancy services and formulate impactful policy recommendations in an effort to help reducing landslide disaster risks in Bangladesh. We are happy to collaborate with potential partners and organizations from local to global scale. Please email Dr Bayes Ahmed for further queries – here.

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At present, we are working on a project titled – “Resilient Futures for the Rohingya Refugees” funded by the Royal Society. The project aims to help build resilient futures for the Rohingya refugee and local host populations in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh through research and practical solutions to reduce hydro-meteorological disaster risks, particularly landslide risks. This involves building a rigorous scientific evidence base on landslide hazards and vulnerabilities of refugee and host communities; developing a dynamic landslide early-warning system; improving awareness in vulnerable communities and strengthening capacity to inform policymakers and practitioners; incorporating landslide resilience into a multi-hazard assessment for resilient futures for the Rohingya refugees.

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Our first project- “Developing a Landslide Early Warning System for the Communities Living with Landslide Risks in Chittagong Metropolitan Area, Bangladesh” was administered by the BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban Safety (BUET-JIDPUS), Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh.

This project was funded by SERVIR, a joint initiative of the USAID (United States Agency for International Development) and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). SERVIR-Himalaya was implemented in partnership with the ICIMOD (International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development).