Dhaka, May 15 -- year project aiming to protect biodiversity and promote sustainable, community-led management of Bangladesh's Ecologically Critical Areas (ECAs) was launched on Wednesday in Dhaka.

The project, with a total financing of $13.5 million, titled "Implementing Ecosystem-based Management in Ecologically Critical Areas in Bangladesh (EbM-ECA Project)," is led by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), implemented by the Department of Environment (DoE), with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and funding from the Global Environment Facility (GEF), according to a press release.

"This initiative goes beyond biodiversity conservation. It brings together science, indigenous knowled...