(Image 1) Mangroves Plantation Project in Satkhira, Bangladesh(From April to July 2021)

(Image 2) Mangrove Nursery Project in Satkhira, Bangladesh(From September 2021 to February 2022)

< The News of Mangrove Plantation Project in Bangladesh >

The Sundarbans area inof Bangladesh is the world's largest mangrove habitat, which offset carbon four to five times more compare to general forests. UN has designated July 26th every year as the 'International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem' to emphasize the importance of mangroves in the climate change response. However, the mangrove ecosystem is largely threatened by various events, from the oil tanker leakage incident in 2014 and indiscreet logging to eco-unfriendly agriculture.

The Korea Green Foundation and BEDS (Bangladesh Environment and Development Society) have been working together to recover the mangrove forest in the Sundarbans area since 2015. From April to July 2021, we newly planted 20,000 mangroves with 500 local residents, resulting in the accumulation of 135,000 trees for the last six years, which is equivalent to 30 soccer fields.

From September 2021 to February 2022, we are expanding our project to establishing nursery and managing the growth of seedlings as well as plantation. The current mangrove seedlings in Bangladesh don’t have good quality, which leads to short life span or low ability to function. To solve this problem, we are providing capacity building program to local female residents so that they can manage and monitor the growth of mangrove seedlings, which ultimately aims to contribute to strengthening climate change responding capability.

The Korea Green Foundation will continue to support the independence of environmentally vulnerable countries and communities in Asia and build sustainable villages to respond to climate crises