Our teachers of Department of Agricultural Economics blessed us with a tour in Tanguar Haor, Sunamgong. We, students of Faculty of Agricultural Economics level 3 semester 2 stayed there for two days and two nights and gathered information about Haor economy and enjoyed the mesmerising beauty of Haor area. It was an everlasting experience of our life.

1. Welcome to our presentation
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2. Our topic is Economy of

3. Introduction
Tanguar haor located in the
Dharmapasha and Tahirpur upazilas of
Sunamganj District in Bangladesh. The
haor is the home of 140 species of
sweet water fishes and thousands of
indigenous birds. There is a great
importance of Tanguar Haor in fish
Production, maintaining Biodiversity,
meeting local demand and regional
demand and also serve as the good
source of fish seed supply for other
water bodies.

4. Objectives
• To know the current state of Tanguar haor
from different perspective like – environment,
living animals, birds, fisheries and surrounding
peoples, stakeholders.
• Measures need to be taken to deal with the
sustainable development crisis at Tanguar
Haor (TH)

5. Description
 Covering 9,727 hectares, Tanguar Haor in North-East part of
Bangladesh, adjacent to the Indian border, is part of a
wetland/floodplain complex of the Meghna and Surma river
basin, one third of Tanguar Haor lies in the Tahirpur Upazilla
and the remainder in Dharmapasha Upazilla, both within the
Sunamganj District of the Sylhet Division.
 In 1999, the Government of Bangladesh, recognizing the
ecological importance of the area and the over-exploitation
of resources declared the Tanguar Haor an “Ecologically
Critical Area”

6. Land use and Lease Agreement
 Before Government declaration it to be an ecologically critical area
and, subsequently a Ramsar site; Tanguar Haor was classified as
khas (government-owned) land and was administered by the
deputy commissioner’s office on behalf of the MoL. This official
administered the process of leasing khas jalmahals to members of
the local elite under a designated „development project‟.
 On 12 February 2001, management of Tanguar Haor was taken over
by the MoEF for a period of 10 years, to ensure the conservation
and sustainable management of the resources of the Ramsar site.

7. Socio Economic Profile of the Tanguar
Haor area
 Biological Set Up and Fish Ecology:
Water supply varies from 7000 cubic meter/Sec to 220 cubic
meter/sec in July and February respectively.
 Ecological Features:
Ecological features of TH are very distinctive; dry and
monsoon are the two dominant natural condition e.g. the
rainy season later lies to extreme conditions.
 Environmental Features
Different plant communities occupy different habitats
providing them a peculiar characteristics either they are
tolerant to aquatic and terrestrial condition for their survival
and propagation.

8. Continue
 Ethnicity, Religion and Culture
According to a survey by the Bangladesh Centre for Advanced
Studies, 100 per cent of the inhabitants of Tanguar Haor are
ethnic Bengali, belonging either to the Muslim or Hindu faith.
 Fisher Community
The survey in seven villages of Tanguar Haor found that more
than 62 per cent of heads of households are engaged in
farming to some extent, while almost 18 per cent are day
labourers & 8 per cent are dependent exclusively on fishing.
 Economic Activities
Fishing carried out by the leaseholders in Tanguar Haor
usually amounting 20.00 crore taka (1US$ = 80 Taka, in recent
times) per year as the estimation but the local people claimed
that its value may be exceed.

9. Continue
Community and Dependency of Haor
Wetland resources play a critical role in the lives of those
residing in and around Tanguar Haor. Most economic
activity carried out in the area, including commercial
fishing, trade in fuel wood, hunting and trapping waterfowl,
the harvesting and sale of grasses & farming is based on
these resources.
Tourist attraction
This place contains Zadukata river, Niladri lake,
Fountain, Barek tila, Taker ghat etc, which makes
Tanguar Haor a major tourist attraction in Bangladesh.

10. Recommendations
• Early warning system for flash flood,
• Building submersible embankment to control
pre-monsoon flood,
• Improve rice production,
• More jobs for local people,
• Afforestation.

11. Conclusion
After involvement in fish and crop farming the extent of
livelihood improvement of the people has been increased
remarkably in respect of food intake, housing, physical assets,
sanitation and income. On the other hand, some problems were
observed among the people regarding fish & crop cultivation.
References
 www.researchgate.net/publication/312495689_Improvement_of_Li
velihood_through_Fish_Farming_in_Haor_Areas_of_Bangladesh
 www.iucnthp.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IUCN-
Wildlife_Final_12.pdf
 www.nhbs.com/ecology-and-biodiversity-of-the-tanguar-haor-book
 www.sisef.it/iforest/contents/?id=ifor0512-002