By Md. Maksudur Rahman | Project Leader
BEDS (Bangladesh Environment and Development Society) together with mangrove forest dependent people and all of the BEDS partners and collaborators celebrated the World Mangrove Day 2024 beside the single largest mangrove forest in the World. During the celebration, the day started with the theme of this year “Raising awareness about mangroves and importance as a self-sustain ecosystem” and the history of the World Mangrove Day. The guests and participants discussed the importance of the mangrove and ecosystem services and finally all of the participants planted 2500 mangrove saplings beside the river bank by the slogan “I make my forest, participate in coastal protection”. Through this plantation we also inaugurated our Community Based Ecological Mangrove Restoration (CBEMR) activities which is supported by the Korea Green Foundation (KGF) and funded by the HYBE. This year we have targeted to restore 109000 mangroves at the 22 hectares. During the celebration Mr. Noni Gopal Mondal, Member of Parliament, Khulna-1, Mr. Mihir Kumar Roy, Union Parishad Chairman; Mr. Narayan Chandra Mondal, Headmaster, Ramnagar Jagannathpur Government Primary School and Chittaranjan Mondal, Freedom fighter, Khulna sector 9, Mr. Md. Maksudur Rahman, Chief Executive of BEDS with other BEDS colleagues and more than 100 villagers and students were present at the event. All of the special guests encouraged the BEDS activity in their coastal area and motivated the local people to protect their mangrove.
Please keep your hands for mangrove conservation and restoration at the grass-roots level. Mangrove forests are vital coastal ecosystems that provide food and other essentials to hundreds of millions of people living in coastal area, protect shorelines from erosion, flooding, and storms, and provide habitat for a wide variety of coastal wildlife.
By Md. Shamsur Rahman | Project Manager
By Md. Maksudur Rahman | Project Leader
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