Mangrove Restoration for Coastal Protection
Organization information
Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS)
Location: Khulna, Bangladesh
Summary
The goal of the project is to create 20 hectares mangrove greenbelt through planting and regenerating 100000 mangrove together with local people in order to coastal protection, mangrove-based livelihoods promotion and biodiversity conservation, as well as climate change adaptation and mitigation. Once there were plenty of mangroves in the periphery of project site but this mangrove has come under severe pressure due to climatic and anthropogenic reasons.
Project locations
Bangladesh