Tanguar Haor (হার্ডকাভার)

About 50 Percent of the land in Bangladesh is classified as wetlands, and a major art of this area is covered by freshwater wetlands. ‘Tanguar Haor’ located in the northeastern part, is one of the largest natural freshwater wetlands of the country. It occupies an area of 10,000 hectares with forty-six villages scattered in surrounding private lands. This haor is extremely important for its large and diverse waterfowl populations and other biological resources, especially the large number of waterfowl species. This study found that most of the villagers depend on the haor for fishing, grazing, farming, and wetland vegetation for fuel. This book illustrates the importance of Tanguar Haor resources on local people’s livelihood and their willingness, constraints and opportunities to participation in the haor management.