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INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA CO-MANAGEMENT (IPAC) - BIDS

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Incidence of pests 8.9 24.9 48.1 7.6 10.5 100.0<br />

Incidence of diseases 10.1 21.9 51.1 10.1 6.9 100.0<br />

Incidence of severe 11.0 17.7 51.1 11.4 8.9 100.0<br />

flooding<br />

Mangroves swamp 15.6 21.5 44.7 5.9 12.3 100.0<br />

getting/would be<br />

under water<br />

Protection from tidal 13.9 28.7 46.8 5.9 4.6 100.0<br />

surge<br />

/cyclone would be<br />

affected<br />

Employment<br />

3.8 22.4 50.6 2.1 21.1 100.0<br />

dependency<br />

on SRF would be<br />

impacted<br />

Out-migration taking 0.4 3.8 35.3 10.5 49.0 100.0<br />

place<br />

All 20.8 29.6 32.7 6.5 10.4 100.0<br />

Total responses 790 1121 1240 245 396 3792<br />

Adaptation/Mitigations/Preparedness Taken/Suggested<br />

A large number of adaptation and mitigation measures suggested by SRF actors include those<br />

already taken/practiced or include those that have to be taken up for coping with the potential<br />

adverse impacts due to the climate change. The results are presented under the following major<br />

impact sectors (Table 3.23).<br />

• Cyclone<br />

• Flooding<br />

• Water Logging<br />

• Salinity<br />

• Forest resources<br />

• Rise in temperature<br />

• Drought<br />

• Increased diseases<br />

• Shortage of fresh water<br />

• Others<br />

As presently the dykes and embankments are in a terrible state of physical condition, these can<br />

hardly provide defense against tidal surges due to the possible climate change and resulting sea<br />

level rise. They have particularly mentioned about recent havoc of Sidr and Aila in this respect<br />

(Effects have not yet been fully overcome) 58 . As suggested by the actors, one of the top<br />

priorities would be to strengthen these dykes, and construct much needed new ones, including<br />

cyclone shelters, in order to reduce vulnerability to population.<br />

Ensuring access to safe water supply would be one of the top priorities mentioned by the<br />

respondents. The actors mentioned that they were already practicing rainwater harvesting and<br />

pond sand filter (PSF) techniques. However, ponds need to be re-excavated for conservation of<br />

58 During our survey work, some of the victims of Aila were found to be still shelter less; having apparently failed<br />

by BWDB only recently the Army has been deployed for undertaking the repair and rehabilitation works.<br />

57

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