Climate Action Bangladesh Project #27692

Mangrove Restoration for Coastal Protection

by Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS)

Mangrove Restoration for Coastal Protection

Project Report | Dec 26, 2020
Mangrove Restoration for Coastal Protection

By Saumitro Chakrabarti | Project Contributor

Mangroves have great importance regarding environmental protection. It is one of the greatest natural assets of the world. Mangroves contribute a lot to store the ever increasing carbon from the environment.

BEDS (Bangladesh Environment and Development Society) has been conducting community based mangrove plantation and restoration activities since 2013. Currently, the organization is raising fund from GlobalGiving platform to restore mangroves in the Sundarbans periphery. Target grant of the proposed project is 100,000 $ and so far, 1,902 $ is raised from 129 donations.

We have a plan to plant 2000 mangroves in about 30 decimal land of the Sundarbans coastal region (Banishanta union under Dacope sub district of Khulna district in Bangladesh) on 27th December 2020. To do so, we have prepared our proposed land. We made hole for saplings and put one stick for each plant to give balance to the saplings. We have fenced around the selected place to protect the mangroves from cattle. We chose to plant Sonneratia apetala, Heritiera fomes, Bruguiera gymnorhiza and Nipa fruiticans in the site. BEDS has been assisting 5 coastal women to make mangrove nurseries. We have ordered mangrove saplings. So, we will plant those species based on soil condition. As COVID-19 is going on, we will maintain social distancing while mobilizing the local villagers and distribute masks among them.

We would like to thank our donors for being so kind to us. We believe that all our donors will continue to stand beside us for the protection of nature and saving the coastal lives.

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Dec 19, 2020
Mangrove Restoration for Coastal Protection

By Saumitro Chakrabarti | Project Contributor

Nov 30, 2020
Women Stand for mangrove conservation

By Md. Maksudur Rahman | Project Leader

Woman with mangrove

Conservation intervention are usually successful and sustainable when local communities are on board, fully understand the value of their participation and long term benefits. So, Sundarbans women members of the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh have stand for conserving their mangrove ecosystem. They produced more than 50 thousand mangrove saplings for mangrove regeneration activities. Specially they produced Nypa fruticans, Xylocarpus mekongensis, Bruguiera gymnorhiza, Heritiera fomes, Sonneratia caseolaris, Sonneratia apetala etc. mangrove species.

The Sundarbans coastal communities are now producing mangrove saplings for their alternate livelihood. 5 women and their family members are working extremely hard to produce mangrove saplings in their 5 mangrove nurseries at Paschim Dhangmari village of Banishanta union under Dacope sub district of Khulna district. The mangrove nurseries provide them economic benefit and also play an important role for regeneration of mangrove ecosystem. Mangrove saplings are must for mangrove regeneration.

Mother role is the key actor for conserving our Nature

Dear All,

Greeting from Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS)!

Hope you are safe and sound in this pandemic.

It is the extreme that mangrove forests of the tropical coasts are among the most important and productive ecosystems on earth. Among other things, their gigantic carbon storage potential means that they play an enormously important role in stabilizing the world's climate and protecting the coasts. Over half of the world's mangrove forests have been lost in the last century, many of them have lost due to aquaculture, agriculture, development and every year 2.1% mangroves are decreasing.

Sundarbans is the single largest mangrove forest in the world. Sundarbans provides significant on-going ecological processes as it represents the process such as monsoon rains, flooding, delta formation, tide influence, plant colonization and diversified habitat and breeding place for flora and fauna. Sundarbans is at serious risk of losing its origin from the world due to diverse human activities. As a result, shortage of Mangrove and climate change impact together accelerates the volume of vulnerability of the coastal area especially river erosion.

Take care and stay safe.

Maksud

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Md. Maksudur Rahman
Chief Executive
Bangladesh Environment and
Development Society (BEDS)
House No. 6/3, Road No 01
Prantika R/A, Nirala, Khulna- 9100, Bangladesh
Tel: + 88 041 721123
Mob: + 88-01712 868 004
email: <info@bedsbd.org> <bedsbd@gmail.com> <chief@bedsbd.org>

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