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=== Tidal river management === To offset [[land loss]], [[Sedimentation enhancing strategies|tidal river management]] has been implemented in the delta.<ref name="Gain 111–120">{{Cite journal|last1=Gain|first1=Animesh K.|last2=Benson|first2=David|last3=Rahman|first3=Rezaur|last4=Datta|first4=Dilip Kumar|last5=Rouillard|first5=Josselin J.|date=1 September 2017|title=Tidal river management in the south west Ganges-Brahmaputra delta in Bangladesh: Moving towards a transdisciplinary approach?|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901116309236|journal=Environmental Science & Policy|language=en|volume=75|pages=111–120|doi=10.1016/j.envsci.2017.05.020|bibcode=2017ESPol..75..111G |issn=1462-9011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=van Staveren|first1=Martijn F.|last2=Warner|first2=Jeroen F.|last3=Shah Alam Khan|first3=M.|date=1 February 2017|title=Bringing in the tides. From closing down to opening up delta polders via Tidal River Management in the southwest delta of Bangladesh|url=https://iwaponline.com/wp/article/19/1/147/20536/Bringing-in-the-tides-From-closing-down-to-opening|journal=Water Policy|language=en|volume=19|issue=1|pages=147–164|doi=10.2166/wp.2016.029|issn=1366-7017|doi-access=free|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Auerbach|first1=L. W.|last2=Goodbred|first2=S. L. Jr.|last3=Mondal|first3=D. R.|last4=Wilson|first4=C. A.|last5=Ahmed|first5=K. R.|last6=Roy|first6=K.|last7=Steckler|first7=M. S.|last8=Small|first8=C.|last9=Gilligan|first9=J. M.|last10=Ackerly|first10=B. A.|date=February 2015|title=Flood risk of natural and embanked landscapes on the Ganges–Brahmaputra tidal delta plain|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nclimate2472|journal=Nature Climate Change|language=en|volume=5|issue=2|pages=153–157|doi=10.1038/nclimate2472|bibcode=2015NatCC...5..153A |issn=1758-6798|url-access=subscription}}</ref> This method has been implemented in 5 [[beel]]s and resulted in benefits including decreased [[Waterlogging (agriculture)|waterlogging]], creation of [[Agricultural land|agricultural areas]], improved [[navigation]] and land creation.<ref name="Gain 111–120"/><ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Masud|first1=Md. Mahedi Al|last2=Moni|first2=Nurun Naher|last3=Azadi|first3=Hossein|last4=Van Passel|first4=Steven|date=1 February 2018|title=Sustainability impacts of tidal river management: Towards a conceptual framework|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X17306593|journal=Ecological Indicators|language=en|volume=85|pages=451–467|doi=10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.10.022|bibcode=2018EcInd..85..451M |issn=1470-160X|hdl=10067/1490390151162165141|s2cid=84181903 |hdl-access=free}}</ref>
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