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As #Amphan begins to batter the littorals of the Bay of Bengal, @kalramnath reminds us of the temporary, displaced people in the chars. Temporary https://histecon.fas.harvard.edu/climate-loss/temporary/index.html
People in the region have been displaced many times as @rakasennn field notes remind us here: https://www.dhakatribune.com/tribune-supplements/tribune-climate/2018/07/19/the-hungry-tides-in-gabura
For the last two decades there is already an "anticipatory ruination" underway in the #BayofBengal as @KasiaPaprocki pointed out and now aggravated by annual #cyclones and now comes #AmphanCyclone see https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14678330
In spite of understanding the importance of these mangroves, our imaginations of land and property means we have continued with coal power in Rampal creating what @UTAustin Jason Cons called "choke point times": https://limn.it/articles/the-times-of-chokepoints/ #AmphanCyclone
