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           Some of the major threats currently facing the Sundarbans are the Rampal coal-fired power plant, the coal plant, regular forest fires that ravage precious ecosystems, and effects of climate change.   Rampal coal-fired power plant There have been many studies that have been carried out about the Rampal coal plant — analyzing its viability from different angles.
	
                                         
									                           			
				
					
										              					
                                                                                        
                                                Air quality, health and toxics impacts of the proposed coal power cluster in Payra, Bangladesh  
                                                
                                                    Date : May 2020 
                                                    
                                                                                                        Author : Lauri myllyvirtra 
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                A letter towards UNESCO: Call for action in view of continued disregard by the Government of Bangladesh of the UNESCO WHC 41COM (2017) decisions and recommendations on the Sundarbans World Heritage Site.  
                                                
                                                    Date : 12-04-2018 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Urgent appeal to Ramsar Secretariat to consider NCSS appeal to save the Sundarbans!  
                                                
                                                    Date : 05 February 2018 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Statement Published in the Press Conference on “The latest condition of the Sundarbans and Rampal thermal power plant and measures to take”  
                                                
                                                    Date : 02 January 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Environmental Impact of Coal based Power Plant of Rampal on the Sundarbans (World Largest Mangrove Forest) and Surrounding Areas by Abdullah Harun Chowdhury  
                                                
                                                    Date : August 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Harm to Human Health from Breathing and Ingesting Coal Ash Toxicants by Earthjustice  
                                                
                                                    Date : 24 July 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Emissions, Atmospheric Deposition and Ecological Effects of Mercury, including Emissions from the Rampal, Bangladesh and Effects on the Sundarbans Forest Biogeographic Zone by Charles T. Driscoll, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Skyracuse University, Skyracuse NY 13244, ctdsco@syr.edy.  
                                                
                                                    Date : 17 June 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Critical review of shipping and dredging plans to facilitate coal transport for the coal fired power plant at Rampal, Khulna, Bangladesh by Dr. William Kleindl, President, Naiad Aquatic Consultants LLC.; Research Faculty at Montana State University & The University of Montana, United States.  
                                                
                                                    Date : 5 June 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Environmental Hazard Assessment of Coal Ash Disposal at the Proposed Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Plant in Rampal, Bangladesh by A. Dennis Lemly, specialized in the ecotoxicology of selenium, NC, USA  
                                                
                                                    Date : May 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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                                                Projecting the air quality, toxic and health impacts of the Rampal coal-‐fired power plant Lauri Myllyvirta, coal and air pollution specialist, Greenpeace  
                                                
                                                    Date : May 05, 2017 
                                                    
                                                                                                        
                                                    
                                                    
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