LEDARS (Local Environment Development and Agricultural Research Society) is a NGO working in the southwest Bangladesh since 1996. LEDARS is working for improving condition of life of the vulnerable population in coastal area. By this time LEDARS obtain several national and international recognitions for its work. LEDARS has special consultative status of UN ECOSOC and observer status of UNFCCC. LEDARS is winner of the Zayed Sustainability Prize 2023 in water category.