Context
- A new initiative of sustainable shrimp cultivation provides hope for mangrove restoration in Sundarbans.
About
- SAIME is a community-based pilot project in West Bengal under which farmers are planting mangrove trees around shrimp ponds.
- The initiative — started in 2019 — has established a collaborative ecosystem integrating several key stakeholders from government departments, academia, and research institutes for co-creation and comprehensive advancement of this project.
- It is conceived by NEWS and Global Nature Fund (GNF), Naturland Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS).
- Experts have expressed concerns over unsustainable aquaculture, particularly shrimp collection, after cleaning large tracts of mangrove forests in Sunderbans.
Source: TH
