Action Research for Community Adaptation in Bangladesh

(ARCAB) is a long-term programme of action research focused on Community Based Adaptation in five major livelihood zones that correspond to five major ecosystems, which are part of the Ganges-Brahmaputra River flood plains, coastal and hill systems. These zones support livelihood of a very high proportion of the country’s population and are characterized by varied types of climate hazards, including flood, tidal inundation, cyclones, drought etc.

ARCAB programs are being be carried out by nine International NGOs who has extensive operations in Bangladesh and several international and national research institutions. The objectives of the programme are, among others, collect community based traditional knowledge on adaptation, generate empirical knowledge on community based adaptation through undertaking action research, participatory monitoring activities etc. ARCAB will produce high quality scientific knowledge for dissemination, and methodologies and participatory monitoring systems for replication in similar conditions both nationally and internationally.

Development Planning Unit is leading the Disaster Risk Reduction theme of the project. The programme is being managed by International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED) based in the UK and Bangladesh Centre for Advance Studies (BCAS) based in Bangladesh.

Visit: http://www.arcab.org/

For more information please contact: Cassidy Johnson