Science forum Day 1 - Md Golam Mostafa - Integrated Protected Area Co-management and CBM in Sunamganj, Bangladesh

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Integrated Protected Area Co-management and CBM in Sunamganj,

Bangladesh

M. G. Mustafa18 July, Bangladesh

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Funded by USAID for five years (June’08 – May’13)

Integrated Protected Area Co-Management (IPAC) Project

IPAC works with government (MoFL, MoEF) & civil society to build a sustainable Nishorgo Network - conserved forest & wetland

• Support further development of NRM,• Develop an integrated Protected Area Strategy,• Build technical capacity for PA co-management,• Expand the area under co-management,• Address climate change coping and adaptation

Purpose of IPAC

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Targeted Locations

Central cluster

Sylhet cluster

Chittagong Hill Tracts

Southeastern cluster

Sundarbans cluster

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• Co-management in the Forest Act & Wildlife Act,• Move forward a revised wetland leasing policy that

reflect co-management,• Prepared a 10-year Integrated Resource

Management Plan (IRMP) for Sundarbans (Largest mangrove forest).

• CNN filmed on Women community & aired internationally,

IPAC achievements

INTEGRATED RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Forest Department Ministry of Environment and Forests

IRMP for SundarbansResearch Book

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Fisheries Research Support Project (FRSP)

Study aim: Objectively determine whether management performance is better under SCBRMP

Project period: July’07 to June’13

Spread over 7 Sub-districts in Sunamganj district

The FRSP was designed to analysis Project SCBRMP activities and impact on biodiversity

Funded by LGED

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How do we define indicators to measure management performance?

1. Production2. Resource

SustainabilityCompare through Trend analysis

Catch monitoring by Community enumerator

Study considered two types of fishing

1. Open catch2. Organized Harvest – Group

Catch

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Results

1. Fish Production (Kg/ha) increased2. Daily catch rate per fisher increased3. Species biodiversity increased significantly

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Trends in fish biodiversity were upwards at 86% of monitored sites

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Community managed approaches can result in more productive and sustainable fisheries at the same time as safeguarding the livelihoods of poor fishing households

Way Forward:

1. Twenty years of Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) in Bangladesh, What works? What need to be done?WorldFish Members: M. G. Mustafa, Bill Collis, Ben BeltonNon WFC people: M. Rahman (DG-DoF), Paul Thompson, Mokelshur Rahman (Ex-Director, CNRS)

2. Title: An Assessment of the impact of Community Based Fisheries Management in BangladeshWorldFish Team Members: M. G. Mustafa, Firoz Khan, Bill Collis, Murshed-E-Jahan, Ben BeltonNon WFC people: M. Rahman (DG-DoF), Paul Thompson, M. Rahman (Ex-Director, CNRS)

3. Title: Community Based Resource Management in the low-lying areas: What does the Fishery Management evidence really show?WorldFish Team Members: M. G. Mustafa, Firoz Khan, Bill CollisNon WFC people: Sk. Md. Mohsin-LGED, Michael Roy (SCBRMP);

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