AHM . Bazlur Rahman-S21BR

Chief Executive Officer

Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and

Communication

ceo@bnnrc.net | 01711881647

www.bnnrc.net

Climate Change – Building Critical

Mass Awareness: Engaging the Media

Sectors in Bangladesh

20 December, 2014

Organized by: redrawtheline, FEJB,

The Media Alliance, BNNRC, Development Media Ltd.

Community Radio : Linking the

VOICES

2Human Needs and Rights

Knowledge Societies

Pluralism

Human Needs and RightsHuman Needs and Rights

Knowledge SocietiesKnowledge Societies

PluralismPluralism

Knowledge

Creation Dissemination UtilizationPreservation

Knowledge Knowledge Knowledge

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Community Radios : 14 Functional & 18 will start by

June 2015

Total Broadcast Hour : 120 Hours

Coverage : 67 Upazillas of 13 District

Population : 4.6 Millions

Community Broadcasters : 1000 Youth Women and Youth

About Contents : Education, Information,

Entertainment and

Development Motivation6

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Community Radio as a knowledge toolin responding to climate changeunder the Nairobi work program under UNFCCCAs a knowledge tool, community radio offers benefits in the following

ways in Bangladesh inline with Adaptation, Technology Transfer &

Finance/Budget

Speaking to communities in local dialect using terms and

phrases that are easily understood;

Providing two-way interactive social learning through

listening clubs, call-in shows, and other forms of exchange;

Enabling the communication and exchange of knowledge

between people who need it, e.g. rural farmers, in a consumable,

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Communicating local knowledge, needs and demands

beyond the community to inform policy, research, and other

communities;

Providing the only media available to communities that have

little or no access to other methods of conveying information

and knowledge;

Bringing together people from frequently disconnected

stakeholder groups such as livelihoods, community leaders,

organizations and governance.

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Weather and rural livelihoods: Community Radio Contents

Expenditure increases :

as changes in weather force higher spending on

cultivation:

Hot temperatures and drought force them to use

more expensive fertilisers, irrigation in the

summer and, in some cases, drought resistant

seeds.

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Incomes decrease

as changes in weather destroy crops:

Lack of rain causes crops to die,Hail crushes crops , Rain

falling at unpredictable times means crops don’t ripen,

Unpredictable rainfall ruins crops just before harvest

Colder weather creates heavy dew in the morning, which

ruins the crop Increased salination of soil killing crops and

fruit trees

Decrease in food production

means people are more vulnerable to price

hikes as they are reliant on bought food:

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Program Format:

Drama

Features

Interviews

Panels and

discussions

Documentary

Voice of people

Magazine

Phone in

Listeners feedback:

More and more field-based

program should be broadcast

Technical terms should be

explained in easy language

Weather bulletin should be

broadcast regularly in local

dialects

More and more knowledge about

Adaptation

Give detail about various types of

govt. loan & subsidy schemes16

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Challenges