Sundarban Delta: Perspective for the Long Term Future: Adaptation stratagems and biodiversity conservation management around Gangetic deltas in the face of climate change - Couverture souple

Giri, Pradip; Barua, Prabal; Das, Biplab

 
9783847344261: Sundarban Delta: Perspective for the Long Term Future: Adaptation stratagems and biodiversity conservation management around Gangetic deltas in the face of climate change

Synopsis

The Indian Sundarbans at the apex of Bay of Bengal is basically a deltaic complex and a diversified coastal wetland, harbors a luxuriant biodiversity and acts as a potential refuge of living marine resources. Sundarban has been in the limelight ever since the global community became concerned about the need for Biodiversity conservation, global warming and climate change. This book is intended to covers a wide range of topics, from the environmental point of view, through the various pieces of the social and management systems, to an examination of a set of key themes that dominate climate change and human livelihood, fisheries diversity and fisherfolk, biodiversity conservation, community based co-management and at last future of sundarban as well as legal framework. Of late, there is a global concern regarding the threat posed to Sundarban due to global warming and projected sea level rise. Survey into ecologically as well as economically resourceful area of Sundarbans should be finally concluded with conservative use of aquatic resources as the best way to achieve environmental sustainability in Sundarbans.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Indian Sundarbans at the apex of Bay of Bengal is basically a deltaic complex and a diversified coastal wetland, harbors a luxuriant biodiversity and acts as a potential refuge of living marine resources. Sundarban has been in the limelight ever since the global community became concerned about the need for Biodiversity conservation, global warming and climate change. This book is intended to covers a wide range of topics, from the environmental point of view, through the various pieces of the social and management systems, to an examination of a set of key themes that dominate climate change and human livelihood, fisheries diversity and fisherfolk, biodiversity conservation, community based co-management and at last future of sundarban as well as legal framework. Of late, there is a global concern regarding the threat posed to Sundarban due to global warming and projected sea level rise. Survey into ecologically as well as economically resourceful area of Sundarbans should be finally concluded with conservative use of aquatic resources as the best way to achieve environmental sustainability in Sundarbans.

Biographie de l'auteur

Pradip Giri and Biplab Das obtained M.Sc & M. Phil in Geography. Biplab Das presently doing Ph.d from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. Prabal Barua awarded M. Sc in Marine Sciences & M. Phil in Fisheries Technology. Authors research interest are Geomorphology, Disaster Management,Aquatic Resource Management

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