Adapting to a Changing Environment

TREE-Training Research Education for empowerment

Savar, Bangladesh

An Overview Of Our Solution

Who is this solution impacting?
Écosystème
Freshwater
Freshwater
Type de communauté
Urban
Urban
Suburban
Suburban
Rural
Rural
Additional Information
  • Population Impacted:
  • Continent: Asia
General Info

Adresse

Bangladesh
Savar -
Bangladesh

E-mail

tree_bd@yahoo.com
Problem

Size

Ethnic and religious breakdown: Muslim 88.59% Hindu 10.41%, Christian 0.93% Buddhist 0.03% and Others 0.04%, and ethnic minority group nationals numbered 319 including Buno, Garo, Sangma and Barman.

Principaux métiers

Saver is one of the largest populated upzila in the country and population is increasing rapidly total population is 1,385,910 in the year 2011. Male female population is 54.20% and 45.80%.

Ressources locales dont dépend la communauté et dans quel but

Agriculture 24.34% Agricultural labors 12.84% Wage laborer 4.44% Cattle breeding, forestry and fishing 1.90% Industry 1.37% Commerce 17.35% Service 20.68% Construction 1.66% Transport 3.96% and flow Others 11.46%

Menaces locales sur les ressources

Surface river water, traditional fishing livelihoods, agriculture, and other domestic use

Aléas climatiques

Industrial pollution and low watre flow

Niveau de sensibilité

All the rivers around the Dhaka capital of Bangladesh namely Turag, Balu, Dalshwari, Shytalakhya, Burignaga and Bangshi are being seriously polluted by industrial and municipal waste. Since there is low water flow from the upstream and pollution concentrated in one place and become polluted destroy water ecosystem killed other fish and other aqua resources create imbalance in ecology and the environment.

Niveau de capacité d'adaptation

Water and life are interrelated, without water there is no questions of life again polluted water is threatening to live, low water affects livelihoods create conflicts among the communities and different user groups and affect whole ecosystems. .
Solution

We are in a process to success it is not that we have already been successful of endeavor? there bureaucracy, local and national politics. Some powerful community i.e. business community is also the stakeholders of the project. We are able to involve local elected representative (Pathalia union parisad) with us. We have done an intensive survey of a village called Ghugudia and found that fishing and farming community are in the most vulnerable position from the case. The issue of decisions making is a very complex one its not such that they can take the decision that industries who are polluting the river will be punished and compensate to the farmers and traditional fishing community, its a collective issue and we try to bring them their opinion and suggestion in the top of the list. Department of Environment (DoE), Ministry of Environment and Forest, the government of Bangladesh, Jahangirnagr University, every school (primary and secondary) alongside the river Bangshi, Alumni of the Future Generations Graduate School, and The Global Citizen Initiatives (TGCI) (www.gcitizen.org ) are partners of the project

Results

Bénéfice écologique

Due to pollution in the Banghsi river there mono fish culture introduce at local fish ponds

Indicateurs économiques utilisés pour mesurer les avantages

Diversified and various types local species will be revive in the river

Coût communautaire/social

Villagers mentions there no fishing cats along side the river as there is no fish or other things to eat for them

Bénéfice communautaire/social

It is to some extend against of human rights to force from their ancestors occupations. Bring back of the traditional fishing profession is peace building as they will not conflicts with other occupation other than voluntary choice

Indicateurs communautaires/sociaux utilisés pour mesurer les avantages

More people in the formal jobs and income generations activities also improve the community purchase power. Some members of the fishing family may encourage to work in the factory and their income will help other member harvest less and not to catch small fish in the rivers (such as million of Hilsa (national fish of Bangladesh) fry catch by the fisherman because of no or low income.
Action

Décrire le processus communautaire utilisé pour développer la solution, y compris les outils et les processus utilisés

The people of this land have the huge resilience to cope with many natural calamities such as seasonal flash floods, drought, cyclone but climate change is more than natural and it is more on human inducing. Therefore new and innovative approaches are important. Within the limited resource there needs a good local resource use planning. Different users group i.e. Industry, agriculture and domestic users should have fare share and equal access to local resource i.e. Water.

Aléa climatique préoccupant

Clean up of the pollution create open access for all into the river, reduce ground water demand, the traditional fishing community gets back their livelihood. Since industries are an important sector for creating employment, once its stop polluting local

Comment votre solution réduit-elle l'exposition et protège-t-elle l'écosystème affecté ?

Changing temperatures and weather patterns

How has your solution increased the capacity of the ecosystem to adapt to potential climate changes?

Pollution in the river reduces the fish production and other water living i.e. insects and others. Therefore to stop pollution at local level simply contributing to global climate issue. Such as once due to climate change reduce water flow or stream temperature polluted the water, there local initiatives to reduce pollution add value to local climate change adaptation.

Comment votre solution réduit-elle l'exposition et protège-t-elle les communautés affectées ?

Reduction of pollution enhance the tolerance of species, hence to increase capacity to adapt to potential climate change

Comment votre solution réduit-elle la sensibilité des communautés affectées ?

Fishing and farmer community have more diversified adaptive opted as industries create more employment in the community and not reducing the job opportunities by polluting the river.

Scale

Cette solution peut-elle être reproduite ailleurs ?

Local politics and industrialist are main barriers for the success. Such as businessman wants profit by any means and they just polluting local environment and water. However, for time being they think they are benefited themselves but in the long run in questions of their next/future generations they came to realize all these are harmful for them. Not every one some business people join with the activities and we are continuing with our advocacy and social mobilization campaign, lobbing with local government and political groups for work together in the project.

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