NAVIGATING MANGROVE RESILIENCE THROUGH THE ECOSYSTEM BASED ADAPTATION APPROACH: LESSONS FROM BANGLADESH Paramesh Nandy And Ronju Ahammad Community Based Adaptation to Climate Change through Coastal Afforestation (CBACC-CF) Project in Bangladesh, Financed by LDCF-GEF-UNDP
CBACC-CF Project Strategy Enhancing resilience of communities and protective ecosystems through adaptation interventions (Coastal afforestation and Livelihood diversifications) Capacity building - at national, sub-national and local level Policy Development- reviewing existing policies and developing climate resilient policies Knowledge Management- Capturing and sharing climate related knowledge within and outside Bangladesh.
Enhancement of Resilience Capacities through different Adaptation Interventions Protective Ecosystems Vulnerable Communities - Existence of monoculture; -Existence of low adaptive capacity to withstand CC impacts; - Previous focus mainly on land stabilization while 25% matured - Livelihood dependence on trees exist per unit area; climate sensitive sectors; - Introduction of 9 new - Introduction of improved mangrove species; agricultural technologies; - Mangrove afforestation in 6000 - Introduction of improved ha; livestock technologies ; - Ditch- Dyke plantation in 112 - Introduction of modern aqua ha; cultural technologies ; - Mound plantation in 332 ha; - Capacity building of coastal households in each sector. - Strip plantation in 615 km and - Capacity building of coastal people.
Gap between matured trees
Introduction of new mangrove species
Women Groups in Mangrove Nursery Maintenance
Mangrove Model Plantation Model Demonstration Mangrove Regeneration
Periodically inundated and fallow coastal lands behind mangrove forests before FFF intervention
Community based digging of ditch and mound preparation
FFF beneficiary is nursing own mound vegetation
Production Stage of FFF Model
Scaffolding for Climbing Vegetables
Fish production from individual ditch
Effects of different adaptation interventions Beneficiary Annual Annual Difference Income after Adaptation Adaptive Groups Income, Income- (Thousand Capacity Intervention Before After BDT ) Ranking (H (Thousand BDT)) Project Project for High; M (Thousand (Thousand for BDT) BDT) Moderate; L for Low) a AI* 1 AI 2 AI 3 b b-a 1 29.00 40.00 15.00 12.00 67.00 38.00 H 2 67.00 18.00 80.00 36.00 134.00 67.00 H 3 25.00 - 40.00 6.00 46.00 21.00 M 4 50.00 41.00 41.00 10.20 76.20 26.20 M 5 79.00 60.00 60.00 27.40 102.4 23.40 M AV 50.00 24.50 47.20 18.32 85.12 35.12 - *Adaptation interventions (AI), AI 1 -Agriculture, AI 2 -Aquaculture, AI 3 -Livestock
Significant Features of FFF Model • Community empowerment through lands right; • Saves the land from encroachment; • Ensures water security by harvesting rain water; • Productive use of fallow lands; • Voluntary role in protecting coastal forest; • Rational land use model in a land scarced country; • Increases adaptive capacity through providing at least $ 1000 USD / family / year additional income; • Recurrent income to sustain livelihoods.
LESSONS LEARNED Scalling up Required intervention - Introduction of new - Develop self-help mangrove species; options within the vulnerable coastal - Productive use of communities; periodically inundated lands; - Remove relief culture from disaster - Community prone coastal areas. empowerment with lands right.
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