Mission
Centre for Coastal Environmental Conservation is a nonprofit grass roots environmental NGO in Bangladesh for the protection and sustainable development of coastal ecosystem through local initiatives and participation. Main activities include: Environmental Education Training (EET) for the primary school teachers; Biodiversity conservation involving Sundarbans, UNESCO World Heritage site stakeholders; Community based mangrove regeneration & plantation; Sustainable harvesting of Sundarbans resources and Climate change adaptation strategies are the main activities for environmental awareness raising of the coastal communities. Mangroves restoration along the coastal embankment involving Bangladesh Water Development Board (BWDB) leads co-management approaches. Mangrove based entrepreneurship development involving Sundarbans resource harvesters, the bouali (wood & thatch cutter), mouali (honey extractor) and jellay (fish & crab harvester) is the key to their poverty reduction.
DRR for the climate vulnerable Sundarbans Communities
Community based co-management approach
Member- IUCN
Partner- MAP (Mangrove Action Project), Poverty Conservation Learning Group (PCLG)
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Voluntary Commitments
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.