Hilsa conservation and building livelihood resilience


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2019-12-03

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Contributes to SDGs

SDG 2 - Zero hunger

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Wahab Abdul. (13/3/2017). Hilsa conservation and building livelihood resilience. Bayan Lepas, Malaysia: WorldFish (WF) (Executive Producer).
In Bangladesh, many poor fishers struggle to cope during the government-imposed hilsa fishing ban. Boosting the resilience of the communities whose livelihoods depend on hilsa (also known as ilish), the national fish of Bangladesh, is therefore the goal of the USAID-funded Enhanced Coastal Fisheries in Bangladesh (ECOFISH Bangladesh) project. Since 2014, the project has established 280 hilsa conservation groups in 81 villages, and is training women in new livelihood activities such as vegetable gardening.