ACCESS4ALL Group

Sundarban Resilience Project is a precise insight on the stakeholder mapping and roles played each stakeholder when it comes to climate change action.

From the project it is evident that the government agencies in this case Department of Environment, Forest conservation holds the most influence in the Sundarban Resilience Project as the take the Manage closely role within the stakeholders mapping matrix characterized by high power and high interest. They make laws and regulations that actively influence the progress of the entire project.

The local communities named shows high interest though they as seen to have minimal or lower power in the project hence they are basically the most benefiting group among the stakeholders hierarchy as they serve to gain an environment with high socio-economic benefits free from climate change hazards such the frequent cyclones,coastal erosions and even salinity intrusion.

The government agency that is Department of Environment,forest affairs operates as the stakeholder with high power and interest in the SRP project together with the donors. While the non governmental organisations which are critical in following up on the actions on educating the public on the core value of the project itself they have minimal power though high interest stalk holders for the success of the Sundarban Resilience Project. Another stakeholder of interest is the local communities who also play a major role for the success of the project as they act as the immediate victims of the said climatic change hazards such as cyclones and coastal erosion that adversely affect their day to day livelihoods.

Power imbalances are evident in the Sundarban Resilience Project since the high power stakeholder such as the government agencies hold more veto power over the local though implementation of the project outcomes is generally based on the community interest. This is seen clearly where the views of the local community women are overlooked in the project.

I clearly determined power and influence of each stakeholder in the project through the stakeholder mapping skills that have learnt in the course of the module.