Community-based Implementation and Compliance of MEAs – Biodiversity related issues in linkage to climate variability (CICMEA) 2.0 IUCN-the World Conservation Centre, Bangladesh Country Office Md Tarikul Islam Internship, Summer 09 MS in Sustainable Development 08-10, UU-SLU

Contents Part 1: Background Goal Part 2: Methodologies Results Part 3: Observations and Discussions Conclusion

Part 1 Background: A history of Durgapur During 1980, there was aboundant local varieties of food crops including one aromatic rice, plethora of fish in the beels(natural lakes) and huge medicinal plants. People were happy then having access to those. Scenarion changes by the rapid climatic change now, all the beels dry out, no more food, extinction of varieties, no more freash fish, socio-economic degradation Conflict and crime have been arisen!!! Goal: 1. Strengthen the linkages of communities and MEAs 2. Enhance the capacity of community in implementing MEAs 3. Stimulating and promoting community sustainable learning process

Part 2 Methodologies: Participatory Sensitization meeting (3), workshop (9), transect walk by Jimotogaku System (9)

Results Senaitization meeting

Results Workshop

Results Transect Walk

Discussion Enthusiasm to give opinion about climate change Power relations among the people while drawing the maps Engaging people, more benefit Description and demonstration while transect walk Gender issues Changes in mind, changes in maps

Conclusion Future Map Durgapur Union Part 3

My tasks Building project background, methodology Communicating with the stakeholders Field Visit Conducting workshop, metting and others Preparing report, disseminating to the community Overall act as an consultant

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