Sundarbans Across Borders aims to explore the interplay between culture, living heritage and resilience to climate change in the Sundarbans region of Bangladesh and India. This project aims to examine the different approaches that these two countries take to living and housing in the region, and to decipher shared cultural connections and unique practices that shape life in this ecologically sensitive area. The objectives of the project are:
• Explore the shared heritage and indigenous practices in the Sundarbans.
• Understand the traditional livelihoods to examine the effects of climate change and to capture existing community-oriented solutions.
• Incorporate a European dimension into the project activities by enabling a holistic understanding and exchange with the indigenous knowledge system.

The project focuses on the unique culture of the collectors around the mangrove wild forest honey. Influencing factors such as respect for the forest goddess ‘Bonbibi’, the movement patterns of the harvesting methods or religious and musical reflections in the lifestyle are recorded. On the one hand, it is about appreciating the shared heritage and indigenous practices in the Sundarbans, and on the other, about how this indigenous knowledge can be made useful for the global discourse on environmental protection.

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