Location:
The field visit site is in Gopalgonj Sadar, Tungipara and Muksudpur Upazilas under Gopalganj district. The site is located about 150 km south of Dhaka (please see the location map).

Local Host Organization:
Wetland Research and Training Centre (WRTC), a field research unit of Bangladesh Centre for Advanced Studies (BCAS) and Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh (CCDB) will host the field team of 25 participants in their working area.
The NGOs are working on community based capacity building, natural resources management and livelihood promotion of the poor and women for long term sustainability.

Climate Change and Environment Related Problems:
The South Central Region is generally flat and land elevation from mean sea level is low. The area is prone to extended monsoon flooding and water logging due to both high tide and by river water (Branch of the Ganges and the Jamuna). Various climate change studies have revealed that the South Central region will be more prone to enhanced flooding and water logging due to adverse effect of climate change such as heavy rainfall. Erratic behaviour of rainfall and temperature is hampering crop production and livelihood activities in the area. Many villagers are already facing water logging and floodwater inundation, which affect their livelihoods, crop cultivation, employment opportunities, income, food, malnutrition and health related problems. Erratic behaviour of weather and extreme climatic events affect agriculture; homestead vegetable cultivation, fish culture, and human health adversely. Poor women and marginal sections of the community are badly affected.

A large number of extremely poor people inhabit in this locality. They live mainly on subsistence agriculture, fishing, wage labour, petty businesses and rickshaw pulling. Most of them are from Hindu community who have lesser voice in the society.

List of activities by village to visit:

• New type of aquaculture activities as an alternative to rice cultivation in the village Mitradanga under Tungipara Upazila in Gopalgonj District;
• Growing of vegetable and spices on floating garden/on edge of rice fields to increase food and income security (adaptation activity) of households in the villages through some project initiatives in Mitradanga village under Tungipara upazila in Gopalgonj District;
• Different livelihood activities of farmers and other households to minimize climate change impacts particularly of floods and water logging in the same village;
• High raised homestead to cope with flood and water logging in Goalgram under Muksudpur upazila in Gopalganj district; and
• Medicinal plants and aquaculture in Bhennabari village under Sadar upazila in Gopalganj district.