Bangladesh Scoping Visit, March 2020
Author: Emilie Cremin, Glasgow University
Map of the places visited during the scoping visit based on GPS tracking – Map based on data collected by Than Nguyen and Robiul Hasan.
From the 7th to the 10th of March 2020 – the WP4 was on scoping visit in the Bangladesh Delta.
This was a great chance to discover in a few days the main challenges of the delta. We had also more time to meet each other and to discuss while on the way to the field.
The scoping visit was organized by Anisur Majumdar (BUET)
Team members present: our WP4-leads, Fabrice Renaud (UoG) and Hue Le (VNU), and Thorsten Balke (UoG), Tanh Nguyen (AGU), Ly Ha Bui (CTU), Li Li Nguyen (AGU), Cai Ladd (UoG), Emilie Cremin (UoG), Iain Garrett (Newcastel U), and the field visit was facilitated by BUET Research assistant: Robiul Hasan (BUET), Tasnim Kamal Shamma (BUET), Arup Shuvo (BUET), Shamima Airin Sweety (BUET).
This visit allows us to lay the foundations for Task 4.1 "Define baseline conditions of coastal SES health and presence/perception of coastal tipping”. The scoping visit has ensured that we are targeting some interesting sites. We have also organized a stakeholder workshop (1h) to find out the main issues of the Shatkira district. Those interaction with stakeholders might help underpin other WPs' activities, in particular the surveys linked to WP2.
DAY 1 (07/03/2020)
Meeting with Living Deltas Bangladesh partners at BUET
Departure from Dhaka, Jessore to Khulna
DAY 2 (08/03/2020)
Khulna, Tildanga Union Parishad
Botbunia Bazar, Tildanga, Tildanga Union Parishad
Buruli beel, Bherchi Gram
DAY 3 (09/03/2020)
Dumuria Fishing Village, Gabura Union, Bangladesh
Sundarbans Forest recreation area
DAY 4 (10/03/2020)
Tidal River Management on Pakhimara beel
Stakeholder/Community discussion group (1h)
7th of March, from BUET, Dhaka to Jessore and Khulna.
Meeting with BUET Team – Pr. Shah Alam
On the first day, we have met our Delta partners at BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology). Professor Shah Alam Khan and Anisur Majumdar, who could not come to the Kolkata meeting, has presented to us their propositions on research focuses in the Bangladesh GBM delta. They have identified several Socio-ecological systems: Mangrove, polder, Haor, beel and Char land.
