THE HAKALUKI HAOR

Bangladesh is blessed with huge inland open water resources. It has numerous river canals, beels,lakes, and vast areas of floodplains. Hakaluki haor is one of the major wetlands of Bangladesh. With a land area of 18,386 hectares,it supports a rich biodiversity and provides direct and indirect livelihhood benefits to nearly 190,000 people. This haor was declared an Ecologically Critical Area in April 1999 by the government of Bangladesh.