Mangrove Conservation & Restoration in Bangladesh

Mangrove restoration and conservation is now one of the major activities that has been taken for the protection of coastal region of Bangladesh. BEDS also working with mangrove to increase the coverage of mangrove in the coastal region for the embankment protection. During the restoration activities the demand of mangrove saplings raised where the coastal people are destroying that mangrove seed and saplings for their daily wages. 

BEDS introduced the idea of raising mangrove saplings to fulfill the demand of the saplings as well as create an alternative livelihood opportunity for the coastal Women. With support of BEDS 7 community-based mangrove nursery have been established. Women who used to collect the mangrove seed as cooking fuel are now collecting the seeds for saplings production. Different kind mangrove species saplings are now raised by then. This nature base solution has created alternative livelihood for the women and took participation in mangrove ecosystem conservation. 
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Dedicated team BEDS and local community together have been restoring mangrove through regeneration and plantation for increasing the resilience capacity of the coastal communities of Bangladesh. Healthy mangroves are havens for biodiversity and are critical for climate action. They support the livelihoods, food security, and well-being of hundreds of millions of people, are critical for carbon storage, regulate water quality, and protect coasts. Yet 20-35 percent of our mangroves have been degraded or lost over the last 50 years. Urgent collective action is needed to restore damaged or destroyed mangroves around the world. If done properly, restoration can enhance coastal resilience, sustainable livelihoods, fisheries productivity, aquaculture, biodiversity, and carbon sequestration. Of the 1,100,000 hectares of mangroves that have been lost since 1996, around 818,300 ha of mangroves are considered to have high “restorable” potential, while other areas are considered less easy to restore and may be irretrievably lost to urbanization, erosion, or other causes. Ref: Global Mangrove Alliance.

We are very near about our target and we hope your contribution will be helpful for us to fill up the gap