Green Global
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AWARENESS CREATION, KNOWLEDGE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION FOR MITIGATING SOIL QUALITY DETERIORATION IN BAKKHALI RIVER, COX’S BAZAR (Pages : 14 - 23)

The coastal zone of Bangladesh faces soil quality deterioration owing to unawareness and lack of knowledge about detrimental effects of anthropogenic activities upon soil. The main objective of the study was to create awareness about soil quality deterioration along the Chattogram coast through developing and disseminating knowledge regarding estuarine soil condition of the Bakkhali River. The Key Informant Interviews (KIIs) and interviews with concerned stakeholders were conducted as qualitative approach. For quantitative research approach, soil samples were collected in ‘Composite Soil Sampling’ method to measure concentration of five heavy metals, two non-metals, and four physio-chemical parameters of soil. The order of the heavy metal concentration of soil samples were: Fe (3.56 mg/g)> Zn (0.90 mg/g)> Pb (0.33 mg/g)> Cu (0.20 mg/g)> Cd (0.01). Average soil pH was 8.2 indicating alkalinity of soil, average EC was 5.07 mS/cm portraying low soil nutrients, while average temperature was 31.7°C showing an increasing temperature. Exceeding limits of heavy metals and non-metals, along with fluctuation of selected physio-chemical parameters in soil samples prove deterioration of study area terrestrial ecosystem. Download