F.a: Livelihood Rights and Development of Poor Forest Dependent Communities in Sundarban The project aims to strengthen livelihood of the communities in the Sundarbans area, and to promote the fulfillment of their legal rights and awareness of these. The project continues two pilot projects of the Global Dialog –program (12042AAS and 13043AA
S). The planned project activities include generation of mangrove, promotion of pisciculture, animal husbandry and cultivation of ayurvedic medicinal plants, supporting cultural activities and organizing complementary education for children of fisher famil
ies. Beneficiaries include landless people, economically deprived families, families of tiger or crocodile victims and women of tribal and schedule caste families. The local communities and organizations (especially Sundarban Rural Development Society) hav
e been actively initiative and are key players in the implementation of the project. The organization DISHA is responsible for management and other technical issues. DISHA is a Kolkatan organization founded in 1995 focusing on environmental, health and hum
an rights issues. The organization has special exprerience in waste and chemical matters, regarding which is has active networks (IPEN and GAIA). DISHA works to promote rights of fisher ,fores and local communities against polluting industry and commercial
ization of the environment. www.dishaearth.org