Dwindling Forest: Dwindling Future? Mangroves and Forest Peoples Under Threat in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh (2010)

This film is made together with Sundarbans forest communities. It highlights how the customary use of biodiversity by traditional resource users in the Sundarbans mangrove forest is vital to the conservation and sustainable use of this wetland of international importance, including a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a RAMSAR site. However, traditional knowledge and customary use are being ignored by the Bangladesh Government and forest peoples are being excluded from decision-making and management of the forest. The film calls for respect and recognition of traditional resource users' knowledge and practices and a participatory approach to the management of the Sundarbans as a contribution to the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), as well as respecting forest peoples' dignity and securing their livelihoods and future.