{"id":61,"date":"2015-06-28T22:50:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esdo.org\/esdo\/?p=61"},"modified":"2020-06-20T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T05:05:52","slug":"sustainable-environment-and-livelihood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esdo.org\/old\/sustainable-environment-and-livelihood\/","title":{"rendered":"SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT AND LIVELIHOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ESDO has been conducting training, workshops, consultation, education programs on climate change in the most vulnerable areas in Bangladesh. These areas are: Patuakhali, Barishal, Noakhali, Jhalokathi in the south, Chittagong, Rangamati and Khagrachhori at the east, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Naogaon, Natore in the north-west Bangladesh. One of ESDO&#8217;s major focuses is indigenous communities whose lives and livelihood are very much altered by the climate induced impacts.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Climate change has changed the weather scenario of the northern part of Bangladesh. Frequency and intensity of floods has increased manifolds during the last few decades. Also, temperature increase, erratic rainfall, water scarcity are extreme\u00a0 weather events that affect these segment of the country.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Other climate induced hazards in northern Bangladesh, where ESDO&#8217;s projects locate, are:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Agricultural Impacts:<\/strong> The 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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>River erosion:<\/strong>\u00a0Many Santal communities have lost land due to river erosion<\/p>\n<p><strong>Drought:<\/strong>\u00a0Food, water and health insecurity due to prolonged droughts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Desertification:<\/strong>\u00a0A long area of crop lands are infertile and arid now due to insufficient rain. Hence, climate change has already started drying these lands up in the norther part of Bangladesh which are belong to the indigenous communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social impacts:<\/strong>\u00a0The indigenous communities celebrate several seasonal festivals. Since, the seasonal shifting is not very obvious,\u00a0 they are facing problems in observing the carnivals<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Strengthening adaptation by recognizing culture and cultural diversity\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>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<ul>\n<li>Creating opportunities for tourists to experience the very unique culture of indigenous people in a peaceful natural settings in Rajshahi, the Eco-village Project of ESDO aims at restoring their cultural diversity.<\/li>\n<li>The indigenous communities, hence, are encouraged to revive their cultural norms, values and behaviors which were almost lost by the influence of mainstream population.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">The activities conducted by ESDO to mitigate<\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> climate change:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Conserving the biodiversity,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Environmental awareness<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Climatic shift,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Changing agricultural pattern,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sustainable land management and<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 rehabilitation,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Sustainable and organic agriculture,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Capacity building and alternative income generation<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Information and Communication Technology (ICT),<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Community knowledge dissemination<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Adult literacy regarding climate change,<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Distributing and training on how to make a environment friendly stove so that carbon emission could be minimized<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Distribution of solar lights<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The climate change induced impacts in life and livelihood of Santals cannot be stopped. However, to mitigate the impact of climate change, ESDO has initiated several education programs among the Santal communities.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0ESDO has constructed several earthen home and initiated this idea among Santal communities. It can protect them from extreme temperature change<\/li>\n<li>Also ESDO has provided training on how to respond to extreme events like flood, storm, drought especially to women and elderly who are more vulnerable to extreme weather events.<\/li>\n<li>The climate change induced impacts in life and livelihood of Santals cannot be stopped. However, to mitigate the impact of climate change, ESDO has initiated several education programs among the Santal communities.<\/li>\n<li>ESDO has constructed several earthen home and initiated this idea among Santal<\/li>\n<li>communities. It can protect them from extreme temperature change<\/li>\n<li>Also ESDO has provided training on how to respond to extreme events like flood, storm, drought especially to women and elderly who are more vulnerable to extreme weather events.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0ESDO has initiated zero-waste village which educates the indigenous communities to keep their environment clean. Here they are trained on manufacturing organic fertilizer, organic farming, disadvantages of applying pesticides and chemical fertilizer and waste management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"contentheading\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/esdo.org\/esdo\/indigenous-people-and-climate-action\/\">INDIGENOUS PEOPLE AND CLIMATE ACTION<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESDO has been conducting training, workshops, consultation, education programs on climate change in the most vulnerable areas in Bangladesh. These areas are: Patuakhali, Barishal, Noakhali, Jhalokathi in the south, Chittagong, Rangamati and Khagrachhori at the east, Rangpur, Rajshahi, Naogaon, Natore in the north-west Bangladesh. 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