INTEGRATED PROTECTED AREA CO-MANAGEMENT (IPAC) - BIDS

1.4.1 Principal Tools
Briefly, the methodology includes the following principal tools:
• The study carries out structured questionnaire survey apart from adopting standard PRA
tools and approaches (e.g., FGD, key-informant interviews, community survey,
consultations, and case studies).
• Spatial sampling is adopted to assist in estimating the numbers of resource collectors and
actors involved in extracting from the Sundarbans. The principal stages implemented by the
team include the following:
1.4.2 Analytical Framework of the Study
The survey area
The periphery of the SRF includes the legally declared “Ecologically Critical Area” assumed to
be within a 20 km band surrounding the SRF 29 . This is what can be called the Sundarbans
Impact Zone (SIZ) 30 in the context of the modalities of the livelihood interventions and support
for environmental conservation, which is the present study area. The SIZ vis-à-vis the study area
comprises 5 districts, 10 upazilas, 151 unions/wards and 1,302 villages, which are presented in
Table 1.1.
Table 1.1: Sundarbans Impact Zone Areas
District UZ No. of Unions/Wards No. of villages
Bagerhat Sadar, Mongla, Morrelganj, Sarankhola 65 486
Khulna Dacope, Koyra, Paikgacha 37 440
Satkhira Shymnagar 13 216
Pirojpur Matbaria 20 94
Barguna Patharghata 16 66
ALL (5 Dist) 10 (UZ) 151 1302
Source: BIDS-IPAC VC Analysis Study-Reconnaissance Survey, 2010.
In addition to the above upazila locations, the district towns including Khulna City Corporation
(KCC) are included to comprise the study locations. This is because the SRF marketing channels
and destinations thereof end up with areas away from the Sundarbans, in nearby urban centers in
many cases. In other words, the survey locations have covered huge areas which are widely
spread.
The study aims to understand the value and flow of the following categories of SRF products:
timber; non timber forest products; fish, aquatic, non-aquatic resources and other products. The
study excludes the value chain for service-oriented intangible product - ecotourism, as it is being
29 Sen, Soham G. (2010). “Conservation of the Sundarbans in Bangladesh through Sustainable Shrimp
Aquaculture,” Nishorgo Project, Department of Forestry,Bangladesh.
30 However, only recently published Strategic Management Plan for the Sundarbans Reserved Forest (March 2010)
defined SIZ as comprising 17 UZs.
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