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Shamsuddin Illius
Shamsuddin Illius is an award-winning investigative journalist based in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is the Chittagong Bureau Chief at The Business Standard and writes for AFP as a stringer. His stories are rooted in climate change, environment, biodiversity, climate migration and Rohingya refugee. He received the '2023 Climate Journalism Award' from the European Journalism Centre and the Google News Initiative. Iliius is a Diversity Fellow for 2023 and a member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and The Uproot Project. His story received an honorable mention for the 2022 Covering Climate Now Award. He is one of the fellows of the World Press Institute in 2022; Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) Journalism Fellowship Scheme in 2018. He covered COP26 from the ground in Glasgow in 2021 as a CCMP Fellow supported by the Earth Journalism Network (EJN). In 2022, he participated in a global cross-border investigation with journalists from six different countries— ‘The Sinking Cities Project’ that examines how sea-level rise is affecting major cities. Illius is a story grant fellow of EJN—reporting on Zoonotic Diseases in 2021, Reporting on Biodiversity in 2020, and Reporting on Climate Change Adaptation in the Bay of Bengal in 2019. He is an alumnus of the Thomson Reuters Foundation -Reporting on Migration. He completed a short course on Refugee and Advocacy from Jain University, Bangalore in India. As a field journalist, he frequently visits remote coastal areas of Bangladesh to collect news about people living there, their livelihood, health, and education. He has to report- how their livelihood, lifestyle, culture, and customs are being changed due to the impacts of climate change. His stories appeared at AFP, The Third Pole, The Scotsman, Unbaise The News, The Independent, Scroll.in, The Business Standard and more media outlets. Personal Blog: https://shamsuddinillius.com/
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Will buffalo milk sweets disappear? According to the Bangladesh Agriculture Survey, from 2003 to 2019, the number of buffaloes declined by at least 51%.
As water turns saline buffalo herding suffers The sharp decline in the buffalo population has caused people to shift from buffalo rearing to other professions such as salt cultivation, day labour and fishing
Rising Karnaphuli salinity spells disaster for industries High salinity is also disrupting production of other industries on the banks of the river; cropland fertility and fish farming are being hampered
COP26: Global south ‘feels cheated’ again
As winter nears, many in Bangladesh fear a Nipah Virus re-emergence It spreads from fruits half eaten by bats or birds too, half of the country is vulnerable to the virus
Stability eludes climate refugees in Bangladesh’s sinking cities Millions of displaced people have moved to Dhaka and Chittagong in search of safer ground, but these metropolises are subsiding under the pressures of rapid urbanisation
Dolphins threatened by Bangladesh oil spill
Salt and pollution hit crucial fish breeding grounds in Bangladesh The Halda River, an important spawning ground for fish and source of livelihoods, is facing greater salinity driven by climate change, water shortages due to dams upstream and pollution
State violence suppresses opposition to Chinese coal plant in Bangladesh Thousands of workers and displaced residents face criminal charges after police fire kills seven at the SS Power One plant
Bangladesh cities battle climate migrants’ surge
It is about climate migrants in Bangladesh
Climate activists: Finance loss and damage to address displacement
With homes swallowed by floodwaters and river erosion, migrants from different parts of Bangladesh have opted to move to the cities of Dhaka and Chittagong for ‘safer ground.’ But these options for ‘safer’ ground are also sinking.
European Firms Scrap Toxic Ships On Bangladesh Beaches: HRW
Climate migrants escaping to Dhaka find that their new home is also sinking
Relatives Flock To Hospitals After Bangladesh Blast Kills More Than 40
Bangladesh port depot fire kills 49, injures 300
The issue of loss and damage at COP26: Progress and frustrations
Gone with shifting tides - how climate change is wiping out coastal professions, lifestyle
Dolphins threatened by Bangladesh oil spill
Wild elephants striking back
Education, healthcare remain elusive for Sardars, a river gypsy community
Born in public land, disadvantaged children deprived of birth certificates
Sky is the roof, ground the bed. Thousands of Rohingyas pass night under open sky on both sides of roads, hill slopes and croplands
Rohingyas go without food Little aid from int’l agencies
An inside look at Bhashan Char – the new home for Rohingyas
Landmines’ pose new threat to Rohingyas
Investigative report rape
Rohingya children trafficking
Now, Rohingyas face trafficking woes