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Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project BGD/99/G31 Hakaluki Haor Draft Conservation Management Plan • Identify appropriate strategies to effectively control and eradicate this sponge species especially the use of the herb Bolalok (local name) which when planted around the banks of beels is showing potential in preventing the spread of this sponge • Work with local communities and relevant government agencies to establish swamp forest restoration and regeneration sites • In collaboration with local communities help establish a sufficient number of nurseries to provide the required amount of saplings/ seedlings needed for swamp forest restoration and regeneration activities • Provide on-going technical, and where feasible financial, support to ensure that nurseries are effectively managed and will be viable in the long-term • Identify mechanisms to ensure that restoration and regeneration sites are established under an appropriate legal framework which supports biodiversity conservation • In collaboration with local communities and relevant government agencies, develop suitable frameworks for the effective long-term management of the restoration and regeneration sites • Prepare agreements involving relevant parties involved in the management of the restoration and regeneration sites articulating the roles and responsibilities of each party • Develop an M&E framework which uses biological indicators to assess the effectiveness of the restoration and regeneration sites for biodiversity conservation Primary Outcome/ Output • Swamp forests are regenerating and being rehabilitated at selected sites throughout the ECA in collaboration with local community groups Constraints • Site selection may conflict with other intended uses by community and government agencies • May prove difficult to obtain required number of seedlings and saplings • Mitigating threats and pressures may prove too difficult • Adverse weather may hamper restoration and regeneration activities • Obtaining permission from local land-owners and relevant government agencies may prove slow and cumbersome • Communities may not necessarily agree with sites identified for swamp forest restoration and regeneration activities 7.2.5 Rivers, Canals, Beels and Water The rivers, canals, and beels are an integral part of the freshwater ecology of the Hakaluki Haor ECA. As a critical habitat for a wide variety of plants and animals, and an important resource for many local communities, the ecological integrity of these water bodies and waterways is coming under increasing threat and rapid degradation is being observed. Siltation rates are increasing which exacerbates flooding, rivers are being diverted for irrigation, beels are commonly de-watered to catch fish, and more waste is being dumped in and around the ECA and contaminating the water of the Haor. Other problems recently observed include the blockage of the Sonai/ Bordol River where it enters Bangladesh from India. Prepared by UNOPS Consultant Mr. Sulma Warne August/ September 2005 for Project BGD/99/G31 23
Management Actions Coastal and Wetland Biodiversity Management Project BGD/99/G31 Hakaluki Haor Draft Conservation Management Plan • Assess the status of rivers, canals, and beels in the ECA • Continue undertaking research to further develop an understanding of the complex flows and interconnectivity of the water bodies and waterways of the ECA • Identify major threats to rivers, canals, and beels • Develop, in collaboration with local community groups, measures to protect beels from the impacts of anthropogenic disturbances such as the use of poison to fish, cattle defecating in and around the water’s edge, pumping of water for irrigation, and the dumping of waste • Identify the most highly degraded beels and develop strategies to recover these sites • Procure equipment required for water quality testing • Undertake water quality testing at select locations throughout the ECA and involve relevant local community user groups in this exercise by providing appropriate training or otherwise • Identify type and source of pollutant • Determine water depth and siltation rates for all major water bodies of the ECA • Monitor flooding levels in collaboration with local community groups • Develop, in collaboration with local community groups, measures to mitigate adverse flooding including the building of dykes • Investigate the feasibility of dredging highly silted beels, canals and rivers • Raise awareness about the impacts of beel de-watering and identify alternatives and more sustainable approaches to fishing • Continue undertaking riparian plantation to stabilise banks and help prevent erosion Primary Outcome/ Output • The quality, health, and integrity of water, water bodies, and waterways is improved • Highly degraded water bodies (beels) are restored Constraints • Break down of testing equipment may hamper on-going water quality monitoring • Flooding and siltation are major issues caused by a variety of factors which may not be easy to mitigate both in the short and long-term 7.2.6 Beel Leasing In Hakaluki Haor beels are leased by the government for three consecutive years for private fishing development purposes. Some of the major beels currently being leased include Haorkhal, Chatla, Chokia, Jalla, Dholia, Fualla, Kukurdubi, and Balijuri. Leasees are provided the rights to fish these beels for financial gain. Usually, leased beels are fished with little or no concern for its ecological integrity which often translates into rapid habitat degradation and an accelerated loss of species especially fish and aquatic plants, but also birds. With ecologically important beels under lease, establish fish, bird and other wildlife sanctuaries at these sites will effectively be impossible, as will activities such as swamp forest rehabilitation and regeneration. Prepared by UNOPS Consultant Mr. Sulma Warne August/ September 2005 for Project BGD/99/G31 24
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