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Final Report March 2014 -February 2016 Final Report Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of Sundarbans Resource Dependent Community- Project Project Summary Implementing Partner name Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation (CCEC) Project title Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of Sundarbans Resource Dependent Communities (CALS-SRDC) Project approval reference BAN162/1/1 Grant approved £36,821 Funding period March 2014 – February 2016 Working Area Dacope & Mongla Upazilla Project Duration 24 Months Total project Cost 4881970 BDT Budget Approved by CAFOD 4619370 BDT Name of the organization Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation (CCEC) Project stating Date 15 March’ 2014 1. Introduction The Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation has implemented the project on Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of the Sundarbans Resource Dependent Community (CALS-SRDC) supported by Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD). The project sites are the two most climate vulnerable and high risk Upazilla (sub district) such as Mongla Upazilla under Bagerhat district and Dacope Upazilla under Khulna district of south west coastal Bangladesh. The primary objectives of this project are; secure livelihood of the Sundarbans coastal communities especially Sundarbans resource dependent community through climate adaptive practices, community based Sundarbans resource management through capacity building, skill development and policy advocacy. Co-management based livelihood & SME support for poverty reduction, exploitation reduction and increased solidarity of 220 Sundarbans resource harvester families, enhanced climate adaptation knowledge, legal aid support were the key features of the project intervention. The final report BAN162 explore the project success, progress, learning and outputs in the two years period including the last six monthly September 2015 to February 2016 project activities. 2. Problem Statement: The southwest coastal Bangladesh Sundarbans mangroves ecosystems of Khulna, Bagerhat and Satkhira districts is a high risk zone due to sea level rise caused by global climate change. Millions of coastal people are vulnerable to inundation threat especially the livelihoods of the Sundarbanss mangrove forest dependant people. Increased salinity, disruption of natural regeneration & top dying in Sundri trees already are the indication and hampers the production of Sundarbans honey, fish & crab resources. Sundarbans region becomes Silent Victims Zone of global warming. Phenomenon of natural disasters changes drastically including the extent of damage. Bangladesh cyclone- Sidr of 15 November, 2007 and Cyclone- Aila of 25 May, 2009 are the recent examples of tropical storms catastrophes that tolls thousands of human and wildlife in Sundarbans region. Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of Sundarbans Resource Dependent Communities 2 The livelihoods and food security of the Sundarbans coastal communities is largely impacted by salinity, tidal surges, uneven rainfall patterns and water logging. Above all the growth and production of SRF products (nypa, honey, fish, crab) is dwindling along with the reduction of fresh water from the north which in turn lowering the Sudarbans resource harvester's seasonal lean period changes seven to four months a year and includes risk of tigers, cyclone, pirates, bribe etc. The fish and crop production of marginalized farmers/fishermen hindered with less rainfall, salinity, lack of irrigation in dry season and lack of crop diversification scope/knowledge/technology. The women headed/tiger-widow (wife of men killed by tiger in Sundarbans) households are being vulnerable due to lack of livelihood security. The helpless Sundarbans resource harvester, the bawali (wood & thatch cutter), the mawali (honey extractor) and the jelley (fish & crab harvester) face threats of tiger on the land and crocodile in the water. Every year a number of resources harvesters are killed by tiger while extracting resources from Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF) and the harvester widow are called tiger–widow. Tiger widow is also known as ill fated. The Sundarbans resources harvester is exploited by money lenders & middle man. They don’t have any professional association or cooperative society. Corruptions of dishonest forest staff forced them to pay additional money as bribe besides SRF revenue payment. Piracy becomes great fear now a day for being kidnapped and a threat for the livelihood of the Sundarbans resource dependant communities. 3. Rationale: Sundarbans resource harvesters are the most vulnerable and frontlines of frequent cyclone, tidal surge i.e. climate change impacts. They face threats of tiger on the land and crocodile in the water. There is an urgent need for Alternative Income Generation Activities (AIGA) and addressing climate adaptive livelihood options for the Sundarbans stakeholders. Also the production of Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF) resources such as Nypa (golpata), honey, fish are dwindling along with the reduction of fresh water from the Rivers especially mighty River, the Ganges. Again the policy for the Government of Bangladesh (GOB)/Forest Department is to gradually divert the profession of Sundarbans resource dependant bawali, mawali and jelley and engage them for alternative livelihoods. According to the Sundarbans Management Plan, The forest department has decided to limit Annual Allowable Cut thus the FD has limited to issue 12000 (3000 x 4) Boat License Certificate (BLC) for fishermen from all four Range Offices from Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF) since 2012-13 FY while there was no limit for issuing BLC in the past. Bangladesh cyclone Sidr of 2007 and cyclone-Aila of 2009 is a cause of concern for climate migration from Sundarbans region. The project communicated and made contact with the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) on improving cereal production growth in saline environment of Mongla and Dacope Upazila via Khulna hub in Bangladesh. CSISA involves more than 300 public, civil society, and private sector partners in the development and dissemination of improved cropping systems, resource-conserving management technologies, new rice, wheat and maize varieties and hybrids, livestock feed supply chains, aquaculture systems, improved policies and markets, and public-private delivery systems. Strengthening mainstreaming and linking agriculture, fisheries and livestock offices with project beneficiary groups is one of the successes through conducting trainings. Aman-54 and Aman-41 for Rice and Mono sex Tilapia, PCR tested bagda PL (post larvae), crab fattening is one of the major intervention in the saline prone coastal areas of Mongla and Dacope Upazilla. Communication with NGO Caritas was helpful to know some success and failure stories for duck rearing in saline environment. 4. Project Goal: To increase livelihood diversification, food security and climate adaptive capacity change of 7400 vulnerable Sundarbans resource harvesters and their family members. Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of Sundarbans Resource Dependent Communities 3 5. Project Objectives: Objective 1: To support climate adaptive livelihood diversification and food security through an ecosystem based approach Objective 2: To enable community based Sundarbans resource management through capacity building, skill development and policy advocacy 6. Project Area: Mongla Upazilla, Bagerhat District Dacope Upazilla. Khulna District 7. Beneficiary Selection Information about socio-economic aspects of disaster vulnerable Sundarbans Resource Dependent communities was collected by visiting by door to door. Identification of the beneficiary villages, cluster and locations of Sundarbans resource dependent community was done by direct interview, observation and secondary information collection which was the first step of beneficiary selection. At the same time we developed a general information collection sheet for collecting information on Sundarbans forest adjacent Unions of Dacope & Mongla Upazilla. Socio-economic, income level, land ownership, demographic, educational, religious, infrastructural, occupational, knowledge on adaptive livelihood pattern, and Wildlife law, natural resources of Sundarbans were collected from the target beneficiaries. Climate Adaptive Livelihood Security of Sundarbans Resource Dependent Communities 4 Project related information was noted such as occupational, season of Sundarbans recourse collectors, their lean period pass permit etc. Aftermath Cyclone AILA & Cyclone SIDR different NGO worked on relief & rehabilitation with cyclone affected community people but CCEC activity is centered to Sundarbans resource dependent community. Secondary information was also collected from the NGOs and shared with them for learning and feedback. NGOs working in Chila & Chandpai Union of Mongla Upazilla and Sutarkhali and Pankhali Union of Dacope Upazilla were communicated including NGO selected beneficiaries. Beneficiary selection procedure was to escape overlapping of beneficiaries selected by other NGOs and give priority to the most vulnerable and poor people. A structured questionnaire was developed and administered for selecting beneficiaries. The Sundarbans resource harvesters, Poor & Ultra poor, Disaster Vulnerable people, Disable family, School going Children in family, Tiger-widow, Women headed family, ethnic groups were considered as the major criteria. Beneficiary selection survey was carried out at the end of the month May. At least 300 questionnaires were administered for each Upazilla.
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