Pavel Partha

Pavel Partha, an ecology and biodiversity conservation researcher, is director at Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge (BARCIK). He can be reached at animistbangla@gmail.com.

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International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples / Protecting indigenous knowledge in the age of AI

9 August 2025, 02:00 AM
AI can play a crucial role in the development of indigenous knowledge.
9 August 2025, 02:00 AM
Locals perform the ritual of Charak Puja

Year-end and new year festivals / A confluence of nature and culture

14 April 2025, 02:00 AM
It is essential to understand how rural communities establish their cultural relationships with the ecosystems across different seasons.
14 April 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh forest fires

International Day of Forests / Let’s begin a discourse of resistance against forest fires

21 March 2025, 02:00 AM
Bangladesh’s forests and genetic resources are continuously subjected to distress and threats.
21 March 2025, 02:00 AM
Climate change and heritage

Baku Climate Conference / The unresolved question of 'non-economic’ loss and damage

26 November 2024, 06:00 AM
Exploring the intersection of climate change and non-economic loss and damage.
26 November 2024, 06:00 AM
There’s a long-standing debate about agricultural, fisheries, and livestock rehabilitation. PHOTO: MONIR UDDIN ANIK

Rethinking Disaster Response: We ignore indigenous knowledge at our peril

1 October 2024, 02:00 AM
Natural disasters such as floods, cyclones, heatwaves, or droughts create vulnerabilities in ecosystems and human life.
1 October 2024, 02:00 AM
2024 August floods in Bangladesh

What really caused the floods?

27 August 2024, 05:00 AM
In 20 long years, I haven't found anyone who started “anti-India” protests by bringing up floods, till now.
27 August 2024, 05:00 AM
Sylhet flood 2024

Flood in Sylhet is the price we’re paying for ignoring nature

22 June 2024, 02:00 AM
This means we need to find a balance between development and environmental conservation, and the time to act is now.
22 June 2024, 02:00 AM
In regions with acute water crisis, it is the women who have to walk miles to collect a pitcher of water, and this extra load gnaws away at whatever time or energy they have left after their already gruelling work hours. PHOTO: REUTERS

No gender justice without climate justice

11 December 2023, 01:00 AM
Climate change is pushing women further towards the precipice of social violence and natural risks.
11 December 2023, 01:00 AM
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Who will save the planet? Certainly not its killers.

Issues centring ecological protection are inherently political, but in this dying earth, these are repeatedly depoliticised.
11 November 2023, 00:00 AM
Bandarban flood

What message does the Bandarban flood give us?

The cruel practice of neoliberal profit-driven development is what has caused the flood in Bandarban.
2 September 2023, 03:00 AM
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Conservation of biodiversity and mother tongue during coronavirus pandemic

Fear, despair, pain are all around us in the time of corona. The outbreak of the virus has been devastating for humankind. However, there has been an awakening about the importance of the natural ecosystem.
14 July 2020, 18:00 PM