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Mainstreaming Ecosystem Management: Climate Change Adaptation in the South Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh - Couverture souple

Anarul Islam, Md.; Zahangir Hossain, Quazi

 
9783659258046: Mainstreaming Ecosystem Management: Climate Change Adaptation in the South Western Coastal Region of Bangladesh
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3659258040 ISBN 13 : 9783659258046
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

Bangladesh is one of the most innocent victims to climate change and the coastal region is one of the hot spot in the country. The people of this region are mainly dependent on the productivity of coastal ecosystem for their livelihood. This study reveals the change in the livelihood and the present livelihood pattern as agriculture, fisheries, forestry and small scale business of 53.1%, 18.5%, 10.6%, and 8.2%, respectively. Over the last 20 to 30 years most of the people (>60%) converted their paddy field to shrimp cultivation due to salinity intrusion. It also intended to make an inventory of major ecosystem services and its contribution to livelihood of the community such as crop (50.25%), fish (22.75%), livestock (11.50%), wild food (6%), and homestead resources (3.5%). It also assesses the impact of climate change on these ecosystem services as well as the livelihood of the coastal community by considering different drivers of degradation such as climatic events, intensive shrimp farming, and population density and over exploitation of 87.25%, 63.75%, 18.17% and 39.26%, respectively.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Bangladesh is one of the most innocent victims to climate change and the coastal region is one of the hot spot in the country. The people of this region are mainly dependent on the productivity of coastal ecosystem for their livelihood. This study reveals the change in the livelihood and the present livelihood pattern as agriculture, fisheries, forestry and small scale business of 53.1%, 18.5%, 10.6%, and 8.2%, respectively. Over the last 20 to 30 years most of the people (>60%) converted their paddy field to shrimp cultivation due to salinity intrusion. It also intended to make an inventory of major ecosystem services and its contribution to livelihood of the community such as crop (50.25%), fish (22.75%), livestock (11.50%), wild food (6%), and homestead resources (3.5%). It also assesses the impact of climate change on these ecosystem services as well as the livelihood of the coastal community by considering different drivers of degradation such as climatic events, intensive shrimp farming, and population density and over exploitation of 87.25%, 63.75%, 18.17% and 39.26%, respectively.

Biographie de l'auteur

Md.Anarul Islam. Father's name Md.Arshad Ali Sarder and Mother’s name Rahima Begum. He has completed his M.Sc from KU at Environmental Science Discipline. He has done several project work under teacher’s and NGO’S.He has taken part different types of seminar and seven days training programme on EIA and SIA.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3659258040
ISBN 13 
9783659258046
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
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