← home / Places / Sundarbans, Bengala Occidental◉● placeSundarbans, Bengala OccidentalIndia1 practice0local1subnational0national0systemicPractices in Sundarbans, Bengala OccidentalCommunity-based mangrove restoration in the Sundarbans (Livelihoods-NEWS project)Community-based climate adaptation initiative in the Sundarbans archipelago, West Bengal. Led by the Indian NGO Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) with funding from the Livelihoods Fund, since 2011 it has planted more than 16 million mangroves, organizing village women in restoration and in alternative livelihoods (beekeeping, crab aquaculture, climate-smart agriculture, the Badabon Harvest brand created in 2018). The restored mangroves acted as a bio-shield protecting embankments and communities during cyclones such as Amphan (2020).● Active· scale subnational
