Complete Projects

Name of the Project and accomplishment  Collaborating
 Donor
Community based harvest management by conserving the juveniles of marine
biodiversity in Bay of Bengal.

The major objective of the project areConservation of marine biodiversity by practicing ustainable
harvesting by the community Major Activities

Major Activities :

  1. Interviewing 20 fishers who fishing in sea to identify the species accidentally catch regularly
    in sea;
  2. Community based monitoring of the fishing net
  3. Aware community on the breeding season of the marine biodiversity breed in both aquatic and
    terrestrial habitat
  4. Diversification of the livelihood to reduce the presser on marine resources
JFGE, Japan
April 2016- March 2019
Community based harvest management by conserving the juveniles of marine
biodiversity in Bay of Bengal.

The major objective of the project are Conservation of marine biodiversity by practicing sustainable
harvesting by the community

Major Activities :

  1. Interviewing 20 fishers who fishing in sea to identify the species accidentally catch regularly
    in sea;
  2. Community based monitoring of the fishing net
  3. Aware community on the breeding season of the marine biodiversity breed in both aquatic and
    terrestrial habitat
  4. Diversification of the livelihood to reduce the presser on marine resources
JFGE, Japan
April 2016- March 2019
2.2 Community Based Conservation and Regeneration of Mangrove Forest in Maheshkhali
Island.
The major objective of the project are

  1. To develop biodiversity conservation group to protect important biodiversity & habitats.
  2. To protect, conserve, restore, maintain biodiversity and natural resources.
  3. To establish community based knowledge centre in order to promote sustainable biodiversity
    conservation and management
  4. Awareness building among communities and different stakeholders
  5. Capacity building of local communities, CBOs, NGOs, School teachers & students etc.
  6. Capacity building of the community to undertake different Alternative Income Generative
    Activities (AIGA)

Major Activities:

  1. Nursery Establishment
  2. Skill development training for the group members
  3. Group meeting on importance of mangrove ecosystem
  4. Increase capacity of community groups member
  5. Training on awareness raising on Mangrove Forest Ecosystem and Biodiversity:
  6. Training on mangrove nursery establishment Techniques, plantation & its management.
  7. Training on disaster preparedness.
Funded by: KNCF
April 2016- March 2017
Participatory Ecosystem Based Adaptation through Afforestation and Capacity
Building of the Community for Sustainable Development of Moheshkhali Island, Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh

The major objective of the project are

The main purpose of the project is to raise community awareness and participatory ecosystem service
development in the targeted area.

Major Activities:

  1. Formation community based group
  2. Providing hands on training on nursery raising to the members of CBGs
  3. Providing hands on training on eco restoration of the members of CGBs
  4. Providing hands on training on climate change to the members of CBGs
ALAPO
July 2016- June 2017
Road Safety in Bangladesh
The major objective of the project are :

  1. To develop an institutional landscape of key actors and stakeholders and engagement with the stockholders and develop quarterly and annual monitoring instatements.
  2. To map the situation of road traffic injury care, rehabilitation and institutional support of victims and households.
  3. To engage through a wide-ranging consultation process, develop total and holistic road safety agenda and action plan that can inform and shape a major advocacy initiative.

Major Activities :

  1. Desk Review
  2. Site Research
  3. FGD
  4. Institutional Consultations
  5. Key Informant Interviews (KII)
  6. Case Studies
  7. Report Finalization
Bangladesh Bank
January – December 2016
Community Based Conservation and Regeneration of Mangrove Forest in Maheshkhali
Island.

The major objective of the project are

To develop biodiversity conservation group to protect important biodiversity & habitats
To protect, conserve, restore, maintain biodiversity and natural resources
To establish community based knowledge centre in order to promote sustainable biodiversity
conservation and management
Awareness building among communities and different stakeholders
Capacity building of local communities, CBOs, NGOs, School teachers & students etc.
Capacity building of the community to undertake different Alternative Income Generative Activities
(AIGA)

Major Activities:

Nursery Establishment

  1. Skill development training for the group members.
  2. Group meeting on importance of mangrove ecosystem.
  3. Increase capacity of community groups member
  4. Training on awareness raising on Mangrove Forest Ecosystem and Biodiversity:
  5. Training on mangrove nursery establishment Techniques, plantation & its management
  6. Training on disaster preparedness
Funded by: KNCF
April 2016- March 2017
Road Safety in Bangladesh

Participatory Ecosystem Based Adaptation through Afforestation and Capacity Building of the
Community for Sustainable Development of Moheshkhali Island, Cox`s Bazar, Bangladesh
The major objective of the project are
The main purpose of the project is to raise community awareness and participatory ecosystem service
development in the targeted area.

Major Activities:

  1. Formation community based group
  2. Providing hands on training on nursery raising to the members of CBGs
  3. Providing hands on training on eco restoration of the members of CGBs
  4. Providing hands on training on climate change to the members of CBGs
NALAPO
July 2016- June 2017
Road Safety in Bangladesh

The major objective of the project are:

To develop an institutional landscape of key actors and stakeholders and engagement with the
stockholders and develop quarterly and annual monitoring instatements.
To map the situation of road traffic injury care, rehabilitation and institutional support of
victims and households.

To engage through a wide-ranging consultation process, develop total and holistic road safety agenda
and action plan that can inform and shape a major advocacy initiative.
Major Activities:

Desk Review

  1. Site Research.
  2. FGD
  3. Institutional Consultations
  4. Key Informant Interviews (KII)
  5. Case Studies
  6. Report Finalization
Bangladesh Bank
January – December 2016
Participatory Ecosystem Based Adaptation through  Afforestation  and Capacity
Building of the Community for Sustainable Development in Dhalghata of Moheshkhali  Island, Cox`s
Bazar, Bangladesh

The major objective of the project are
The main purpose of the project is to raise community awareness and participatory ecosystem service
development in the targeted area.

Major Activities:

  1. Formation community based group
  2. Providing hands on training on nursery raising to the members of CBGs
  3.  Providing hands on training on eco restoration of the members of CGBs
  4. Providing hands on training on climate change to the members of CBGs
NALAPO
July 2015- June 2016
3.2 Homestead Planting in Coastal Villages Mitigate the Climate
Change  

       Impact.The major objectives of the project are:

  1. To grow suitable tree species in the homesteads of coastal villages to mitigate the impact of
    climate change.
  2. To assist the homestead owners towards food security and additional income.
  3. To alleviate the poverty.
  4. To enhance carbon sequestration.
  5. To enhance the awareness of the rural people on climate change impact and its mitigation and
    adaptation.

 

Major Activities
             

  1. Capacity building of the group members.
  2. Conduct Reconnaissance  survey
  3. House to House survey
  4. Homestead plantation and its maintenance.
  5. Establish Nurseries.
  6. Organize local level workshop on Climate change impact

–     Focus Group discussion.

 

Funded by: Climate Change Trust Fund, Government of Bangladesh

Period: September, 2013 – continued

 

 3.3  Implementation of Biodiversity Conservation Management Plan of St. Martin’s Island
ECA.

The main activities of the project are as:

Biodiversity conservation through community participation.
Restoration of Mangrove, sand dune, and screw pine.
Capacity building and awareness raising for local community.
One of the activities of the project is to alternative livelihood of the local community of CWBMP
project.
Bangladesh POUSH had conducted a survey in St. Martin’s Island to identify the alternative livelihood
option of the community people. Based on the survey finding POUSH has identified the alternative
livelihood option for the community. POUSH has developed training materials for alternative income
generation of the target community people and conducted several training for target community people to
skill then to under the alternative income generation activities and ultimately as alternative
livelihood for the betterment of the local target households. All households are now of the Village
Conservation Group (VCG) member.

UNDP/GEF/DOE, Government of Bangladesh.

(Jan 2007-Jun 2012)

 

3.4 Community Based Biodiversity Conservation at St. Martin’s Island, Bangladesh.

The specific Objectives are as:

  1. Development of Community conservation group.
  2. Conservation & Regeneration of mangrove, screw pine & sand dune vegetation.
  3. Capacity building of the community groups towards restoration of screw pine, mangrove & sand
    dune vegetation.
  4. To raise community awareness and education on biodiversity conservation.
  5. Conservation and protection of marine turtle, coral and other marine resources.   
     
Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF) Japan.

 

 

Major Activities:

  1. Organize community meetings on importance of Mangrove Screw pine & sand dune vegetation
    ecosystem and other threatened biodiversity
  2. Meetings with the community groups to facilitate the development of group’s aims, objectives,
    norms, and principles.
  3. Plantation  of Mangrove & Screw spine
  4. Care taking and Management of the planted seedlings
  5. Mangrove nursery established with a capacity of 50000
  6. Increase capacity of Community Groups
  7. Awareness on Mangrove Ecosystem
  8. Disaster preparedness
  9. Local level workshop on mangrove restoration and disaster preparedness
  10. Awareness creation among the CBO’s NGOs, local government, Educational Institutions, etc.

3.5 Community Mobilization for Biodiversity Conservation in three ECA of Cox’s Bazar district
under Coastal& Wetland Biodiversity Management Project (CWBMP) of DOE/ MOEF.

Bangladesh POUSH is implementing community Mobilization for Biodiversity Conservation in three ECAS of
Cox’s Bazar district a Component of Coastal & Wetland Biodiversity Management Project of Department
of Environment, Government of Bangladesh with financial support from GEF/UNDP.
The main objective of the project was to organize village conservation groups, building their capacity
and develop participatory action plan development for conservation and management of biodiversity in
ECAS.

–  Under this project we have successfully completed socio-economic base line
Survey and prepared report, land use survey and prepared report.
–  Participatory action plan developed by involving local community.
–  Natural resource survey and prepared report.
–  We also conducted RSS and prepared report over one and a half year period
–  We have submitted that report to the client in time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Funded by- UNDP/ GEF/ Department of Environment, GOB.

(Jan 2004-Mar 2005)

 

 

 

3.6  Non formal Primary Education

Eleven non- formal primary education centers were operating with the financial assist from RICOH Co.
Ltd. Japan for the children of the poorest family in the remote coastal area in Cox’s Bazar coastal
district. In each centre is for 30 children. Student belongs to 6 to 12 years old. In addition with the
normal elementary education visual educational materials like poster on different environmental message
use for the students for better understanding of the environment. At present 330 children have completed
three years courses. The demand of this non formal education centre in the area has increased.

RICOH Co. Ltd and RCJ Japan.
 

3.7  Post Literacy and Continuing Education for Human Development

Bangladesh POUSH has successfully implemented project on Post Literacy and Continuing Education for
Human Development under non-formal Primary Education in Manda upazila under Naogaon district. The
project is implemented by Ministry of Primary and Mass Education.

Major Activities:

1.  Post literacy course completed of 2700 learner.
2.  Skill Development Training of 2700 Male & Female learner.
3.  Income generating training of 2700 Male & Female learner.
4.  Capacity building training of 45 Mail & 45 Female Training of Different Rural
Areas of Bangladesh.

 

Funded by Ministry of Primary and Mass Education, GoB.

 

 

3.8 Sustainable Conservation of Mangrove Forest & Marine Turtles through Community
Participation in Sonadia Island, Cox’s Bazar of Bangladesh

Bangladesh POUSH has successfully implemented project titled Sustainable Conservation of Mangrove Forest
and Marine Turtle through Community Participation in Sonadia Island under Cox’s Bazar district of
Bangladesh. The purpose of the project was to conserve the rich ecosystem and biodiversity hotspot by
mangrove afforestation, protection of globally significant marine turtle through community participation
and capacity building of the target community people through different training.

 

The specific objectives of the project :

  1. Restoration of mangrove.
  2. Capacity building of the community people towards mangrove restoration, Nursery establishment,
    & turtle conservation through different skill development training.
  3. Raise community awareness & education on resource conservation.
  4. Ensure safe breeding ground for turtle.

 

Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF) Japan.

(April 2005-Mar2007)

 

3.9 Community Based Coastal Wetland Management Building Capacity and organizing Communities at
Badarkhali, Chakaria, Cox’s Bazar.

Bangladesh POUSH has successfully implemented Community Based Coastal Wetland Management Building
Capacity and organizing Communities in Badarkhali, Chakaria under Cox’s Bazar district. This initiative
was for demonstrating enhancement of capacity through knowledge sharing and application in managing
wetland resources & livelihoods.
The main focus of this project was as follows:

–         To facilitate community organization and group toward assessment, planning and management of
wetland resource & livelihoods.
–         To facilitate communities to protect existing important wetland sites for resource
regeneration.
–         Mobilize Communities for Conservation, protection &
Sustainable use of wetland resources.
–         Encourage various economic and community activities which are operated and managed by the
community organizations.
–         To share and learn from the knowledge and experience generated and
applied, including tools, techniques adopted.

Japan Fund for Global Environment
(JFGE), Japan(April 2004-Mar2007)
 

3.10  Conservation of Hill Forest Ecosystem and Biodiversity in Harbang, Cox’s Bazar through
Community Participation

Bangladesh POUSH has successfully implemented the project in Harbang, Cox’s Bazar based on  the 
learning’s  of  its  earlier success with the Harbang model of peoples’ participatory forestry. This
initiative, titled Conservation of Hill Forest Eco-system and Bio-diversity Through Community
Participation
Takes  a  step  further in exploring and consolidating community capacity to
assess, plan, implement, maintain  the hill forest ecosystem & distribute benefits within the
community partners.

The main focus of the initiative were  to
–         bring about the desired changes on a physical scale on the denuded and degraded hilltops
through project interventions;
–         develop appropriate capacity to plan, establish and maintain regenerative forests; and
–         actually allow some of the products and services of the community based regenerative forestry
to be shared and utilized by the community.

Establishment of Community based Management of Forest resources.

(1)      Established 10 (ten) Community groups, each consisting 15 members (Men & Women) in the
project area.
(2)      Established 10 nurseries, each with the capacity of 8000 seedling/
sapling/ year.
(3)      Maintain 10 nurseries for seedling/raising
(4)      Completed Land Lease Agreement
(5)      Planted of 50,000 various local tree species for reforesting 50 acres of denuded Hill forest
land.
(6)      Maintenance of 50 acres plantation.

Increase the Capacity of Community groups for Forest and Biodiversity Management.

(1)      Training provided to 10 community groups on group management, awareness on forest eco-system
& bio-diversity, nursery establishment, tree plantation & management.

Training of the community people to plan alternatives to reduce pressure on Forest resources.

(1)      Conducted skill development training for 20 (twenty) community people on nursery raising
technique, agroforestry, and homestead forestry, planting techniques, grafting techniques.

 

Sharing of perspectives and concerns on forest ecosystem and
Biodiversity conservation.

(1)      Arranged a Workshop at local level, to develop understanding and sharing of perspectives and
learning on forest ecosystem and biodiversity conservation on forest eco-system and bio-diversity.
Workshop proceeding published & distributed among NGOs, GOB relevant department policymakers,
Educational institutions, community people etc.

7.         Complete benefit sharing agreement:

–         The benefit sharing agreement has made of the regenerative forestry products among the
community organizations who will receive 60 percent, the landowner (30 percent) and POUSH (10 percent)
of the tree products.

This project implemented during the period from 1st April 2002 to March 2006.

 

 Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF), Japan.

(April 2002-Mar 2006)

 

3.11  Mobilizing Communities in Protection, Conservation and management of Coastal Fisheries
Resources

Bangladesh POUSH, in coalition with Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) and Bangladesh
Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) has successfully implemented a component of the project, Empowerment
of Coastal Fishing Communities (BGD/97/017) in Cox’s Bazar, Moheshkhali, Ramu and Ukhiya Upazilas. The
project implemented by Department of Fisheries with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO). The project engages a number of service providers from the NGOs to assist the project in
achieving its objectives within the given framework of project concept, strategy and institutional
arrangement. The development objective of the project is to promote livelihood security of the poor
coastal fishing communities and protection, conservation and management of coastal fisheries resources.

FAO/ Department of Fisheries, GOB.

(Jan 2003-Nov 2006)

 

 

3.12  Social Afforestation and Nursery Development

POUSH has completed three-year project on Afforestation and Nursery Development with the assistance of
RICOH CO.LTD., Tokyo, Japan.
About 80000 seedlings of different tree species were raised and planted on 60 acres of denuded land in 3
Upazila of Tangail & Sherpur districts, 100 community people benefited during the period of 2000 to
2004.

RICOH CO.
LTD. Japan.(2000-2004)
 

3.13 Free Distribution of Seedlings to the Local Peoples (Period of implementation:
2001-2007)

As a part of awareness program POUSH distribute seedling among the local people free of cost to increase
the tree cover in homestead areas of the households and also to increase biomass production for the
benefits of the rural people. POUSH distributed 70,000 seedlings in 2001-2007 among the local people at
the different project locations mentioned. Accordingly POUSH is being distributed on an average 5,000
seedling of different tree species among the local people yearly.

POUSH own contribution

 

 

3.14 Coastal Green Belt Project at Chakaria Upazila of Cox’s Bazar District  (Period of
implementation: 2000-2003)

Under this project a total of 240 local community people were trained on protection and management of
planted trees of coastal belt. Now 240 local people are engaged in protecting and managing about 15 km.
of plantation raised (2000-2001) with Assistance of Asian Development Bank and Department of Forest,
GOB.

ADB/Forest Department, GOB.

(2000-2003)

 

3.15 Enhanced Environment Awareness Among Children, Teacher and Local people. (Period
of implementation: 1999-2001)

Enhanced Environmental Awareness among children, Teacher, and local people using Audio-visual materials
in Rural Areas of Bangladesh.
This two-year’s project has been successfully implemented by POUSH with the Financial assistance from
JFGE, and in collaboration with Ramsar Center Japan in the year of 1999 and 2001. Over 2500 community
people and 1000 children, 100 school teachers benefited.

JFGE, Japan.

(1999-2001)

 

 

 

3.16 Non-formal Environmental Primary Education (Period of implementation: 1996-1998)

Seventy Primary Education Centers were established in different remote rural areas under 14 upazilas and
operated for the poor children over the period of 1996 to 1998. Over 6300 poor Girls & boys
benefited from this project all the students successfully completed 3 years primary courses (i.e.
Class-III).

RICOH CO. LTD. RCJ, Japan.

(1996-1998)

 

3.17 Biological Protection of Embankments in Coastal Area of Cox’s Bazar(Two Polders)
(Period of implementation: 1992-1993)

Bangladesh POUSH was one of the three NGOs which participated in the implementation of Biological
Protection of Coastal Embankment by involving local people sponsored by Bangladesh Water Development
Board. POUSH implemented this Biological Protection of Coastal Embankment pilot project at Polder No.
66/1 under Cox’s Bazar Upazilas and at Polder No.69 under Moheshkhali Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar district
during the year of 1992-1993.

This programme was evaluated by consultants of BWDB, and in their final report it was nominated as a
programme viable for replication. Several consultants from The World Bank and UNDP also visited the
project site and were satisfied with the achievement of the project. The consultants also discussed
elaborately with POUSH on development of participatory methods for biological protection of coastal
embankments. This subsequently resulted in the formulation a methodology for replication in other parts
of the country.

WFP/Water Development Board, GOB.

(1992-1993)

 

 

3.18  Nursery Development  (Period of implementation: 1991-1996)

For the Social Forestry Programme of its own, Bangladesh POUSH operated 24 central nurseries at 21
project sites under 11 districts. There were 3 nurseries located in Cox’s Bazar, Ramu and Chakaria
Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar district with the capacity of 1.5 lakh seedling raising capacity. POUSH Nursery
Workers mainly Women got the training in Nursery raising technique by the Local Forest Department
staffs. Every year on an average POUSH  raised about 1.0 million seedlings of different tree species
which were used for the following project components:-

  1. Tree Plantation and Social Forestry programme of POUSH
  2. Free distribution of seedlings among the local people
  3. Free distribution of seedlings to School Children
  4. Distribution of seedlings among local institutions.

 

Nursery Development through Contract Growers System

Beside the central nurseries, POUSH also has developed a contract grower system for nursery development.
POUSH selects women from the disadvantaged, destitute and landless group. After selection, they are
trained in nursery development and seedling raising at initial stage and supported by POUSH for the
inputs. Later on, successful contract growers are trained on horticultural tree improvement techniques
i.e. budding, grafting & air layering. During the process, these contract growers become technical
resource persons at village level.

The species for the nurseries are selected on the basis of the demand in the local market. After selling
the seedling the contract growers return the loan. Bangladesh POUSH has already developed 50 contract
grower nurseries at Mohonpur of Rajshahi district, Kaliakoir and Joydebpur of Gazipur district and Ramu
and Chakaria Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar district. The contract grower nursery development programme
generates employment and income of rural poor destitute women.

WFP/Forest Department, GOB.

(1991-1996)

 

3.19-  Participatory Social Afforestation

A major activity of POUSH was to encourage the planting of useful varieties of trees in homesteads,
private fallow land, and common access lands through participatory forestry. This activity has been
carried out in fourteen upazilas of different environmentally degraded areas of Bangladesh. Assistance
to this project has been obtained from the World Food Programme. The focus is in tree planting as well
as protection of natural habitats, wildlife, wetlands, promoting income generating activities for the
landless poor people and social transformation through non-formal education.
Over the past Twelve years (From 1990 to 2002) this program component has been implemented, POUSH has
planted over two million trees in environmentally degraded areas. A total of 2200 acres of degraded land
brought under plantation of different tree species by involving community people.

Over 4,000 poor families, who were given employment as tree maintenance workers. A special feature of
POUSH extension work is the involvement of indigenous tribal people in the development activities. POUSH
is the one of few NGOs working in the Hill Tracts district of Bangladesh and provided employment and
assistance to Rakhine, Jhumia Mogh, Koach, Tipra and Chakma tribal.

 

POUSH Achievements on Participatory Forestry Programme

Under the Participatory Forestry Programme POUSH planted a total of 2.2 million different species of
Trees and maintaining this number by involving community people in different degraded areas of
Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Sherpur, Gazipur, Tangail, and Netrokona district. Upto now 4000
Households from the local community have been involved & benefited directly as beneficiaries of this
program.

WFP/Forest Department, GOB.

(1991-1998)