Mangrove Restoration for Coastal Protection

Mangroves are provides both environmental and economical support to the people. BEDS (Bangladesh Environment and Development Society) has been working for restoring mangroves since 2013. Till now BEDS has planted 2,70,000 mangroves in the Sundarbans coastal region.

BEDS has been motivating the coastal community for mangrove conservation. Children are the future leader and BEDS conduct several environmental education programs with the children to conserve mangrove forest. The people of Mathurapur village under Shyamnagar sub district of Satkhira district (adjacent to Sundarbans) lives below the poverty line. They are forest resource harvesters. In this Covid pandemic, their income has been reduced a lot as they do not go different places for work. Most of the children of this area suffer from malnutrition.

At present BEDS has taken an innovative step to encourage the children for mangrove conservation as well as reducing malnutrition. BEDS has been providing nutritious food to the 170 children of poor fishermen and ethnic community (munda) at Mathurapur village. Mangrove saplings are planted involving 170 students and after that they feed healthy food like rice, vegetable, fish, meat, fruit and sweet. BEDS will perform this program 15 times with the same 170 children. Thus children will plant more plants and get healthy food. The children will be able to understand the role of mangroves in their life.

We would like to thank all our donors for their contribution and faith for us. We are also requesting our donors to start monthly recurring donations. For recurring donation please find the link below;

https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/mangrove-plantation-for-coastal-protection/?show=recurring

Mangroves play an important role of protecting coasts and creating livelihood opportunity among the people. BEDS (Bangladesh Environment and Development Society) has been working for restoring mangroves since 2013.

Till now BEDS has planted 2,70,000 mangroves in the Sundarbans coastal region. BEDS has established community based 6 mangrove nurseries in the Sundarbans coastal region of Bangladesh. Now the people are earning much money from the mangrove nursery.

One of our beneficiaries said, “I have grown up by the side of Sundarbans. I live very close to Sundarbans. I could not do heavy work and go different places due to my health issue. I used to pass my time leisurely in my home. BEDS motivated me to do a mangrove nursery. I started working in the mangrove nursery. My nursery is by the side of the road. People used to taunt me that I was wasting my time with the plants. It used to hurt me but I continued my work in the nursery to pass my leisure time. Now I am selling the saplings and demand of the mangrove saplings is increasing day by day. The people has understood the result of the mangrove nursery. They also come to me to now the techniques of mangrove nursery. I am getting much money from the nursery and I am very happy.”

We would like to thank all our donors for their support for us. We are also requesting our donors to start monthly recurring donations. For recurring donation please find the link below;
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/mangrove-plantation-for-coastal-protection/?show=recurring