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[Laura Kmoch 🦣 @[email protected] @LauraKmoch]

Where to find a sacred tomb, #biocultural refugia, and 45 Kasbahs when traveling through #Morocco's diverse farming landscapes? 🏔️🌿🌾

Find out in Chaima Mobarak's latest post on our research group's blog:

👉 https://t.co/PnojcqBQF8

With @PlieningerLab

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@oscar1716 @LauraKmoch Mangroves are grown in coastal areas

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All you see in Mongla sub-district only Shrimp ponds, used to produce crop more than decades ago. Land conversion, a slightly important pressure in this region (Mangrove BD). Likewise currently aquaculture is also a pressure and partly responsible for mangrove degradation.

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River erosion, one of the serious pressures(involved in mangrove degradation), is reducing the grazing area for cattle in the Sundarbans buffer zone.

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Salt-tolerant paddy field in the buffer zone of Bangladeshi Sundarbans #land conversion #crops#shrimp pond#crops/housing/small and medium enterprises

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This bundle of firewoods very recently collected, just, before the lunch making. That's how the mangrove benefits the locals since decades! One of our respondents explained her 'Sense of Place' that way.

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#International Tiger Day#
Thanks to VTRT team- "The Village Tiger Response Team" including 340 members for minimizing conflicts between human and Tiger in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. Great initiative for the wildlife conservation!

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A paper-based/printed version of study area map is very useful while surveying PPGIS, even when it is web-based. They(local) haven't seen their work place such a way, they observing now! They are very determined and confident about fishing route on the map! It was very exciting!

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This farmer dared to cultivate rice again after a long time! Rarely observed rice-paddy field in this shrimp pond oriented area. Even many shrimp farmer wished to come back to Paddy production. If this happens, it could reduce the living expenses per month I guess.

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Local people call it sweet water pond. taking bath, washing clothes,and culture fishes are forbidden; Only used for drinking purposes after rainy season; although it is very dirty but something is better than nothing! in salty areas.
Come forwarded by Prime Minister

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#Serious Land Conversion
A big land use changes are happening in buffer zone of world largest Mangrove.
#Paddy field - shrimp pond - human settlement, coffee shop and business plant (rapid semi-urbanaization)
Could you imagine the next 20 years? Several examples in one area!

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Goats are grazing in the littoral zone of Shrimp pond,
Could be nice rearing goat and culture Shrimp together -can double the productivity of farmers in the coastal zone of Bangladesh.
But tidal effect of saline water is a threat.

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Shrimp seeds harvesting during fishing prohibition, currently 65 days from middle of May.
In Pashur river, main water-way/ channel of 2nd biggest sea port of Bangladesh

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# Cold war: Shrimp farmer vs Rice producer
# Many shrimp farm owner want to back Rice production
# Nearest crop field owners to the Shrimp pond are extreme victims,
This piece of crop lands has been transformed to Shrimp pond about 15 years ago, according to locals in the SRF-BD.

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# Combination of traditional knowledge and modern utensils
# Using local knowledge, people in the Sundarbans Mangrove Forest buffer zone collect rain water round the year. They use that water for households, cooking, and drinking proposes.
# Saline water is big threat!

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Field work in one of the buffer zone of Sundarbans, Bangladesh
# it is a rainy day 🌧️
# a simple house yard, gets muddy soon...
# Fresh and innocent rural beauty!!!

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@PlieningerLab @goe_agrar Wow! Sense of security from many aspects for the thousands of locals, should get more attentions from Envi. Scientists!!!