Do invasive plants threaten the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh?

Biswas, Shekhar R.; Choudhury, Junaid K.; Nishat, Ainun; Rahman, Md. Matiur

doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2007.02.011

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“…More than 500 thousand peoples are directly and indirectly depending on the Sundarbans for their livelihoods as well as socio-economic purposes. Around 200 thousand people go to the Sundarbans regularly to collect the resources for their livelihoods; less than 200 thousand collect the resources seasonally and around 100 thousand people are doing business of the collected resources and they never go to the Sundarbans directly for resources extraction; roughly 22% people's livelihoods are involved with the collection of wood resources; 5% are involved with the non-timber forest product; 69% are involved with the aquatic resources and 4% are involved with other purposes [10,11] Government has acquired 1,834 acres of agriculture land in Satmari-Katakhali and Koigordashkathi areas under Rampal upazila to establish the power plant. Only 86 acres lands are kash land and rest of the lands are public lands which were used for rice and fish cultivations by the land owners.…”

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Environmental Impact of Coal based Power Plant of Rampal on the Sundarbans (World Largest Mangrove Forest) and Surrounding Areas

Chowdhury¹

2017

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The physico-chemical conditions of air, water and soil, and biological conditions of the proposed Coal based Power Plant area (Rampal), Mongla and the Sundrabans were studied from August 2011 to July 2013 to assess the possible environmental impact on the Sundarbans and surrounding areas. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) of physical, biological, social and economic environment of the study areas indicate that most of the impacts of coal-fired power plant are negative and irreversible (-81) which can't be mitigated in any way. It is indicating that climate, topography, land use pattern, air and water quality, floral and faunal diversity, aquatic ecosystems, capture fisheries and tourism of the Sundarbans and the surroundings areas would be affected permanently due to proposed coal fired power plant. Increasing of water logging conditions, river erosion, noise pollution and health hazards; decreasing of ground water table; loss of culture fisheries, social forestry and major destruction of agriculture would be happened due to coal fired power plant. The benefits of proposed coal fired power plant of Rampal is very poor (S+19) than that of negative irreversible impact (-81). So the proposed area is not suitable to establish the coal based power plant as the Sundarbans and surrounding areas would be affected permanently by establishing the proposed coal power plant.

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Environmental Impact of Coal based Power Plant of Rampal on the Sundarbans (World Largest Mangrove Forest) and Surrounding Areas

Chowdhury¹

2017

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“…These communities are allowed to extract mangroves products in the forest reserve with permission by the forest department. The major livelihood activities consist of capture fishery, wood and mangroves palm collection, honey collection, snail and oyster collection, shrimp farming and agriculture (Biswas et al 2007;Giri et al 2007;FD 2010). For this study, three villages (Shinghertoly under the Munshigonj Union Council, Burigoalini and Nil Dumur (Bhamnia) under the Burigoalini Union Council) in the Shyamnagar subdistrict of the Satkhira district were selected because of their close proximity to the Sundarban mangroves (Fig.…”

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“…Sundarban has a rich biodiversity, and provides a range of provisioning services of food, timber, and other raw materials; regulating services of storm protection, erosion control and carbon sequestration; cultural services supporting tourism and recognised heritage; and supporting habitats important for local fishery and as nursery grounds for offshore ones (Islam and Wahab 2005;Biswas et al 2007;Hoq 2007;Iftekhar 2008;Iftekhar and Takama 2008;Getzner and Islam 2013;Uddin et al 2013a). Because of their strategic importance, the Sundarban mangrove was declared a forest reserve in 1878 under the Forest Act of 1865.…”

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“…Previous studies have documented the status and use of ecosystem services provided by Sundarban mangroves (Islam and Wahab 2005;Biswas et al 2007;Hoq 2007;Iftekhar 2008;Getzner and Islam 2013), but few have quantified those services and estimated their monetary value (Brander et al 2012;Uddin et al 2013a;Haque and Aich 2014). There is a crucial gap in understanding how the Sundarban ecosystem supports the local and regional economy, to what extent the policy dialogue can be strengthened, and how is the awareness of local communities who depend on the wetlands.…”

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Assessing wetland services for improved development decision-making: a case study of mangroves in coastal Bangladesh

Rahman

Jiang

Irvine

2018

Wetlands Ecol Manage

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Mangroves provide valuable ecosystem services for the wellbeing of coastal communities. Assessment and valuation of these mangroves services are increasingly advocated in development and conservation decision-making. Translating the values of services into more explicit monetary terms requires understanding of stakeholder activities, socio-economic context and local organizational structure to effectively support decision-making. Based on a survey of 100 households of three villages of Sundarban in Bangladesh, mangroves services to local communities were identified and their economic values estimated. The households perceived 18 mangroves services, of which capture fisheries, fuel energy, storm protection, habitat for fish breeding and nursery grounds and aesthetic enjoyment were

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“…Dominant plant species of the SMF are Heritiera fomes (locally called Sundari, from which Sundarban derives its name), Excoecaria agallocha (Gewa), Ceriops decandra (Goran), Sonneratia apetala (Keora) and Nipa fruticans (Golpata). Some of the species, particularly Cynometra ramiflora (Shingra), Amoora cuculata (Latmi) and Rhizophora mucronate (Garjan) are threatened due to unregulated felling (Biswas, Choudhury, Nishat, & Rahman, 2007).…”

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Rashed-Un-Nabi³

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Turk. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

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The Sundarbans Mangrove Forest (SMF) is a complex ecosystem containing the most diverse and abundant natural resources of Bangladesh. The research was designed to investigate the socio-economic characteristics and fishing operation activities of the artisanal fishers in the SMF through case studies. Despite the great importance of mangroves in the livelihood of the artisanal fishermen in the SMF, deforestation is perceived to continue due to illegal logging and deterioration of mangroves for climate change, increased salinity, natural disasters, shrimp farming and household consumption. The consequences are depleted fish and fishery resources, changes in fisher's primary occupation and livelihood status. The present study also elicited several risks and shocks of the fishermen livelihood like the attack by dacoits, hostage, ransom, and attack by tigers, natural disasters, river bank erosion. However, the artisanal fishermen adopted different strategies to cope with the changing conditions by forming associations, violating the fisheries laws and regulations, migrating, sharing responsibilities with the household members, and transmitting local ecological knowledge. This study concludes that there is an urgency to update the existing policies and management issues for the sustainable extraction of the SMF resources for the improvement of the artisanal fishermen livelihood.

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Do invasive plants threaten the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh?

Cited by 123 publications

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Environmental Impact of Coal based Power Plant of Rampal on the Sundarbans (World Largest Mangrove Forest) and Surrounding Areas

Environmental Impact of Coal based Power Plant of Rampal on the Sundarbans (World Largest Mangrove Forest) and Surrounding Areas

Assessing wetland services for improved development decision-making: a case study of mangroves in coastal Bangladesh

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