AHM . Bazlur Rahman-S21BR Chief Executive Officer Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication [email protected]| 01711881647 www.bnnrc.net Climate Change – Building Critical Mass Awareness: Engaging the Media Sectors in Bangladesh 20 December, 2014 Organized by: redrawtheline, FEJB, The Media Alliance, BNNRC, Development Media Ltd. Community Radio : Linking the VOICES
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Community Radios : 14 Functional & 18 will start by
June 2015
Total Broadcast Hour : 120 Hours
Coverage : 67 Upazillas of 13 District
Population : 4.6 Millions
Community Broadcasters : 1000 Youth Women and Youth
About Contents : Education, Information,
Entertainment and
Development Motivation6
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Community Radio as a knowledge toolin responding to climate changeunder the Nairobi work program under UNFCCCAs a knowledge tool, community radio offers benefits in the following
ways in Bangladesh inline with Adaptation, Technology Transfer &
Finance/Budget
Speaking to communities in local dialect using terms and
phrases that are easily understood;
Providing two-way interactive social learning through
listening clubs, call-in shows, and other forms of exchange;
Enabling the communication and exchange of knowledge
between people who need it, e.g. rural farmers, in a consumable,
deployable and non-threatening way; 9
Communicating local knowledge, needs and demands
beyond the community to inform policy, research, and other
communities;
Providing the only media available to communities that have
little or no access to other methods of conveying information
and knowledge;
Bringing together people from frequently disconnected
stakeholder groups such as livelihoods, community leaders,
organizations and governance.
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Weather and rural livelihoods: Community Radio Contents
Expenditure increases :
as changes in weather force higher spending on
cultivation:
Hot temperatures and drought force them to use
more expensive fertilisers, irrigation in the
summer and, in some cases, drought resistant
seeds.
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Incomes decrease
as changes in weather destroy crops:
Lack of rain causes crops to die,Hail crushes crops , Rain
falling at unpredictable times means crops don’t ripen,
Unpredictable rainfall ruins crops just before harvest
Colder weather creates heavy dew in the morning, which
ruins the crop Increased salination of soil killing crops and