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there are: Santal, Oraon, Munda, Pahan, Mahato, and Malo. Driven by the environmental degradation due to climate change and also due to pressure from mainstream people, these people face problems at different dimensions. Therefore, ESDO has began working with them, basically to reserve their land rights a more that a decade ago. They are traditionally rich communities. Each of these communities has individual social customs, daily rituals, celebrations and attire.<\/p>\n
Santal<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Oraon:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Murong<\/strong><\/p>\n The indigenous communities depend on the natural environment. They are agriculture based communities. So, when the\u00a0agriculture is hampered by the climatic change , their whole lifestyle got altered.\u00a0 <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Fighting for land rights of Indigenous communities: ESDO\u2019s special approach<\/strong><\/p>\n River Erosion leading land encroachment in Rajshahi \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Some of the mighty rivers are located at Rajshahi. As a significant area of river bank of Rajshahi has eroded, the mainstream people also the indigenous people lost land. As a result,\u00a0 the mainstream people were found to grab the land of some tribes, especially Santals, <\/em>an ancient tribal group, which is also a powerless minority group in Rajshahi. ESDO has been working on achieving their land rights for a decade:<\/p>\n For indigenous peoples, resilience is rooted in traditional knowledge, as their capacity to adapt to environmental change is based first and foremost on an in-depth understanding of the nature. As climate change increasingly impacts their landscapes, indigenous communities have been introduced by ESDO to their traditional tactics which are unique in quality.<\/p>\n Indigenous communities in the northern Bangladesh Several indigenous communities in Northern Bangladesh are living in harmony. The major ethnic groups living there are: Santal, Oraon, Munda, Pahan, Mahato, and Malo. Driven by the environmental degradation due to climate change and also due to pressure from mainstream people, these people face problems at different dimensions. Therefore, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1075","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1091,"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1075\/revisions\/1091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Murong is a small ethnic minority group.<\/li>\nMajor Climate\u00a0change\u00a0induced impacts on the livelihoods of indigenous communities<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Other climate induced hazards in northern Bangladesh, where ESDO’s projects locate, are:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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Agricultural impacts:<\/strong>\u00a0The crop yield is lesser now due to the alteration of timing, duration and intensity of rainfall in Rajshahi. Climatic hazard induced agriculture production damage is aggravating and threatening food security there.<\/li>\n\n
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River erosion:<\/strong>\u00a0Many Santal communities have lost land due to river erosion<\/li>\n\n
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Water scarcity:<\/strong>\u00a0Since, the surface water bodies are not recharged enough, the ground water table has gone deeper. As a result, people face difficulty in collecting drinking water and water for irrigation. It becomes acute in dry season.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n
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Strengthening adaptation by recognizing culture and cultural diversity<\/h3>\n
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