Hoque, Md Rakibul

The purpose of the reports is to; a) improve the existing, and develop new income generating opportunities with local communities; b) improve existing, and develop ways to manage (use, protect, enhance) natural resources; c) facilitate, train and strengthen existing institutions; d) promote and undertake new institutional structures that improve sustainable utilization, management and conservation of natural resources.

This approach for project piloting also considered sustainability issues for each and every individual activity through participation of Community Based Organizations formed under the project. This report will describe the approach and methodology in brief adopted for planning, implementation and demonstration of various activities in the five different wetland areas in the country.

The present publication registers a brief delineation of actions fielded for wetland’s resource management with the local communities under the SEMP components till June 2005. In some case the reporting time vary which is duly mentioned. The principal approach of the projects and the project sites descriptions are followed by descriptions of different project interventions along with brief comments on the impacts they have created on the environment and on the local communities or beyond.