Author: Eco-Business

Bangladesh’s aquaculture sector has lost US$140 million over a decade to climate change, a new analysis reveals, highlighting the need for better climate data services. Bangladesh is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events that are predicted to increase in the near and distant future, the study published in Climate Risk Management highlighted. It said effective climate information services could help fish farmers reduce aquaculture losses caused by such events. Flooding appears to be the most financially damaging and regularly occurring hazard for hatcheries, open water fish and shrimp, the study said. Between 2011 and 2020, floods resulted in an estimated…