How an Odisha community revived a mangrove forest to protect their village from cyclones
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- The state of Odisha has witnessed 10 cyclones in the last 22 years. The state has suffered some of the worst cyclones in history, including the 1999 supercyclone that killed nearly 10,000 people and displaced almost a million others.
In northern Odisha, along the periphery of Bhitarkanika national park (RAMSAR Site) lies the village of Badakot, which is vulnerable to natural disasters and highly prone to erosion. During the past 50 years, a major chunk of people has migrated from the area as the neighbouring villages were eaten away by the sea.
But despite all this, Badakot has a unique success story of how its people revived a large patch of wasteland into a dense mangrove forest to make their new habitat climate-resilient. Over the past 12 years, the residents of Badakot have converted degraded land into a 25-acre mangrove forest that protects their village from eroding away. which was mobilised by an animal lover in the late 2000s - Bijay Kumar Kabi.
This is their story.
This is where the community needs to Focus. Not on dirty politics Save Land, Save Plants, Save the ecosystem, and Plan for the next generation.
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Hats off to this man ,you r proud of odisha grate work towards mother nature . Lord jagannath 🚩🙏 bless you. ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ 🙏
मे एक दिन जरुर घुमने के लिये जाउङगा उँहापर।मुझे बौहत अच्छा लगा । एक जगे पर बहत कुछ नय नय पेड़ देखङगा।
I bow down to these nature warriors 🙏
It needs a lot of patience and determination to rise plants. Thank you so much to the villagers and the team of down to earth for inspiring us to do such divine things.😊
Brilliant. Simply BRILLIANT. This is by far the best idea on how to protect human settlements from cyclones I have ever heard about. Huge respect to this community. Western societies could learn a lot from those villagers.
People like u are incredibly motivating for youth … nothing happens on its own … people have to work hard to rejuvenate environment. I m very happy to see amazing development that u have done … amazing… Jai Siya Ram
Kudos to people who give back something to the nature. They may be gone but their work will be taken forward by the natures for many more years to come.
The way the local population has also thought of ease of future research...shows how well through they are with the situation they are in.
That's the spirit... The environment can be protected and will be restored definitely and we will. 👏👍
Wow what a effort by this man to restore mangroves salute you man
Bijay Kumar sir , you are the one of the bright light that leads our nation to true bio cultural excellence and sustainability. Thanks for your perseverance against all odds
From Odisha 🤩
The perfect example of how self-sufficient, resilient and indefatigable nature and natural ecosystems are.
Salute from Jagatsinghpur
It's a good inciative hope govt's MISHTI SCHEME will help them to cooperate mangrooveplantation
" बाते कम , काम ज्यादा " का शानदार उदाहरण ! नही तो ग्रेटा थंबर्ग जैसे लोग " how dare you " इंटरनेट पर पर्यावरण संरक्षण कर ही रहे है !
Science is good but indigenous knowledges are better to bring sustainable future! Unfortunately many countries and communities have neglected the knowledges and wisdoms of thousands of years experiences of the peoples who came before us, as unworthy or primitive ideas.. Today we are learning the limits of science and technologies that has brought us to the edge..and with climate changes and greed of us humans will humanity survive….?
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Great decisions,Great work forces and cooperation with villages to help nature.
What a lovely story!
Good work....hats off to you and the whole community❤🫡....and lots of applause to DTE for sharing their story..👏
Bravo! Love to see it
Silent guardian of ecology
Great work !!
Summary for others :
Role of community Participation
✅Topic : Disaster preparedness and a mitigation
Cyclone :
1999 effect : massive death and damage
Sol?
Many.
Most imp/effective : Nature based solution : Long Term Sol.
25 acres wasteland mangrove plantation
- investigation : Localize solution
- seedling collection
- tidal channels
✅Bijay kumar Kabi
Latest Efforts : MISTHI
This video is very inspirational! We can all choose to play a positive role by helping restore nature to better protect our planet from ourselves. You demonstrate this by sharing your knowledge, your experiences, communicating methods, and being compassionate towards others. All on display here! Subscripted-Thank you! ❤️ 🌍
This is what nature needs
Wowww ☀️
Wonderful
I've been there.
These villagers with help of Mr Kabi, have done wonder. It's a beautiful place to travel.
Nice video. Keep it up. 👍
wonderfully informative thank you
Wonderful work! Hats off!
Hats off to the residents of Badakot
Past 10 years our agencies are clearly predicting Cyclones along the East south and we people are more safe. Hats to central government for their support.
These sorts of people shld be elected and made politicians.. Not the current useless ones
Great work
If one person can do something so important for the saving water and flora & fauna. What if we all do our bit. Huge regards to the people of orissa.
Excellent work , keep it up .
Great initiative
great !🙂🙂
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Next step: miyawaki+mangrove
Can I have your contact no ,I also want to plant mangroves in goa