Project Report
| Apr 15, 2021
Mangrove saplings are available for plantation
By Saumitro Chakrabarti | Project Contributor
Mangrove Nursery-1
BEDS is a leading non government organization for conserving mangrove ecosystem. The organization becomes the pioneer regarding community based mangrove restoration. BEDS always applies community based approaches. As of now, BEDS has restored over 200,000 mangroves in the Sundarbans region together with local people. Currently BEDS is planning to plant 25,000 mangroves in the Sundarbans coastal region.
Maximum of the preparatory works have been completed like; discussion with local people and local govt., site selection, preparation for fencing and most importantly saplings collection. BEDS has been assisting local villagers to establish mangrove nurseries for their extra earning and nature conservation. Local people have established six mangrove nurseries. We will collect good saplings from those nurseries because good saplings will increase the chance of survival of the plants. One good sign is, children and women of the village are showing great response for mangrove restoration. We believe that we would be able to create a mangrove buffer zone by restoring 25,000 mangroves at Mathurapur village under Munshigonj union of Shyamnagar Sub district of Satkhira district of Bangladesh.
Milon a boy of 19 years said ‘I want to be a part of creating a forest that will protect us from natural disaster’.
So, we are requesting all our donors to stay with BEDS for the betterment of nature and ecosystem and start monthly recurring donation by clicking the following link below;
https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/mangrove-plantation-for-coastal-protection?show=recurring
Mangrove Nursery-2
Mangrove Nursery-3
Mangrove Nursery-4
Apr 8, 2021
Planning is going on to plant 25,000 Mangroves
By Saumitro Chakrabarti | Project Contributor
Our previous plantation beside the target area
Mangrove has been working for restoring mangroves since 2013. Very recently, we have completed planting 20,000 mangroves at Banishanta union of Dacope sub district under Khulna district of Bangladesh. We have been conducting monitoring of our recently planted 20,000 mangroves.
Now we are at the planning stage of planting 25000 more mangroves in the Sundarbans coastal region (Mathurapur village, Munshigonj union, Shyamnagar sub district, Satkhira district). We have discussed with the local villagers and local govt. representatives about our plan. They showed their positive response regarding mangrove plantation. We also discussed with mangrove nursery owners. They assured us to provide the best seedlings. Now we are planning for fencing of the selected site before plantation. We hope to complete all our preparatory works within this month.
Joydeb Said, ‘we believe that we will be able to make a mangrove buffer zone with 25000 mangroves’.
We would like to thank all our donors for their contribution 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
Apr 1, 2021
Ready to plant 25,000 more Mangroves
By Saumitro Chakrabarti | Project Contributor
Proposed plantation site
Mangrove restoration is one of the prime working sectors of BEDS. The organization has been working for restoring mangroves since 2013. We have completed planting 20,000 mangroves last month. Now we are planning to plant 5,000 mangroves with the funds raised through GlobalGiving and 20,000 mangroves with the support of another organization. As a whole, we will plant 25000 more mangroves. Our preferred project site is on the bank of Kultoli river at Mathurapur village under Munshigonj union of Shyamnagar sub district of Satkhira district of Bangladesh. Site location is 1st plot: from Lat: 22.2350551584, Long: 89.1602841652 to Lat: 22.232951456, Long: 89.1615961248 and 2nd plot: from Lat: 22.2358929648, Long: 89.1631407423 to Lat: 22.2332560543, Long: 89.1618832395. The site is very much suitable for mangrove plantation. We have the experience of planting mangroves in that site. There are existing mangroves beside our target place as a result of our previous plantation. Beside the proposed site, we have our cyclone shelter and training center. Mangrove nurseries are also available here in the village. We have a great relationship with the local community as we have been working in that village since 2013. Now we are preparing our plan to plant mangroves in the proposed site. Before that we will discuss with the local community and local government representatives about our plan. After that we will finalize our plantation date. But we hope that we can start our plantation activity from May 2021.
We have been conducting regular monitoring of our recently planted 20,000 mangroves. One guard has been recruited for guarding activity of those planted mangroves.
We would like to thank all our donors for their contribution 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
Proposed Plantation site-2