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Community-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).
illustrative atlas image · Md.Omar Faruk Hemal / PexelsNENature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS)CFCentre for Responsible Business (CRB)LFLivelihoods FundRCRajat C
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01 How it works
method · Bio-shield / nature-based solution to protect dikesmethod · Community-based mangrove restoration (nurseries, planting) led by womenmethod · Alternative livelihoods: beekeeping, crab aquaculture, vermicompostingtool · Women's groups (Badabon Farmer Interest Groups / FPO Badabon Harvest)tool · Mangrove nurseries in the villages
02 What it stands on
Evidence level
Own experience
Grounded in published theory
Documented evidence elsewhere
Independently evaluated here
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The evidence 2 ›
EvidenceBuilding Capacities for Augmenting Livelihood to Sustain the Mangrove Stewardship of Women in the Indian Sundarbans to Adapt to Climate ChangeCentre for Responsible Business · 2025
EvidenceINDIA (Sundarbans): 16 million mangrove trees to protect local communitiesLivelihoods Funds · 2020