to tackle climate change. now on bbc news, shrimps, saris and guns. faarea masud investigates how the demand for shrimp is destroying land that women have farmed for centuries in bangladesh. along the coastline is riverbeds of rural bangladesh, thousands of factors where rice was once grown have been converted into intensive shrimp farms. catering to a multibillion dollar global industry. since the explosion of the industry in the 1980s when the world s appetite for this luxury food group, there have been increasing allegations of violence and land grabbing by criminal gangs. i v e i ve come to bangladesh to hear first hand about the hidden abuses in the industry, and the detrimental effect of saltwater shrimp farms on these women s health and livelihoods. paar health and livelihoods. poor eo - le health and livelihoods. poor peeple are health and livelihoods. poor people are being health and livelihoods. porr- people are being exploited by the rich and powerful and pover
because they had gotten away with it in the past, so they thought they could get away with it, but because of all the noises we were making out all the levels, arms, etc has gone down considerably. now what they use is manipulation. i asked people, especially at the village level, you know you are risking your life, you know you are going to get killed, and yet you resist. and they said, we have nothing else to lose. they had to fight a lot, so did we, but the fact that we don t give up, and i always say that you only lose when you give up, i think that is what empowers the people in the area to feel that they can live their life the way they wish to. and i and they don t have to be intimidated by goons, thugs or people who are in power. slowly a resistance people who are in power. slowly a resistance began people who are in power. slowly a resistance began against - people who are in power. slowly a resistance began against the l a resistance began against the encroaching inten
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