Asia

India/Bangladesh - Partnership for healthy mangroves, thriving coastal communities, and robust aquaculture value chains

Region Asia
Start 2020
Sector Civil Society, Public Sector, Private Sector
CLI Project Manager Dominic Stucker

Project context

In February 2020, CLI partnered with Germany’s Global Nature Fund (GNF) and NaturLand, India’s Nature, Environment, and Wildlife Society (NEWS), and the Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS) to launch a transboundary, multi-stakeholder partnership in the Sundarbans for healthy mangroves, thriving livelihoods and coastal communities, and robust aquaculture value chains.

Project Facts
Project time

2020

Stakeholders

representatives from the public sector (e.g. forestry, environment, and fisheries departments), private sector aquaculture companies, NGOs, and research institutes

Outcome

shared understanding of the context; creating inspiring, shared vision paintings; and building commitment for taking next partnership steps together. Multi-stakeholder working groups on Healthy Mangroves, Thriving Livelihoods and Communities, and Robust Aquaculture Value Chains emerged from both workshops.

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