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ArticleLocal perspectives on livelihood risks in the Sundarbans mangroves, Bangladesh
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.The Sundarbans mangrove forest is a challenging place to make a living with violent flooding and storms, tiger attacks, pirates, and underlying historical conflict between local social-cultural practices and top-down governance interventions. This research presents a livelihoods assessment from a local perspective to critically understand the Sundarbans’s everyday livelihood realities and sustainability concerns with an emphasis on local livelihood stressors, vulnerabilities, and coping mechanisms. The study is based on a participatory qualitative approach with exploratory case study design, and field data was collected from four local and indigenous villages in the south-western region of the Bangladesh Sundarbans. It identifies and compares different sources of risk, including seasonal resource-related harvesting, wildlife-related conflicts, social and political livelihood concerns, and presents local data on livelihood capitals available in response. Beyond exposure to climate change-induced stressors, the local population identified significant concerns about access to non-seasonal cash income linked to direct economic security, alternative livelihood, and resilience options such as non-forest-based income diversification, future investment and education, and surviving seasons of hardship through savings. Lack of savings and formal credit sources are locally further as a significant livelihood concern with effects on household risk management capacity, local livelihood resiliency, socio-economic adaptation, and sustainability. Keywords: Forest governance, livelihood capital, poverty, credit, vulnerability. ID: 3623347 -
ArticleGeographical variations of woodfuel supply and trade within 30 km of two forest protected areas in northeastern Bangladesh: The question of sustainability
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.We studied woodfuel vendors in 112 markets within 30 km from the borders of Khadimnagar National Park (KNP subregion) and Lawachara National Park (LNP subregion), evaluating how two subregions differ in relation to market attribute (degree of urbanisation), environmental attributes (tree coverage and seasonality), vendor characteristics, and woodfuel sources utilised. A total of 206 vendors were interviewed, including wholesalers, mixed wholesalers, and sawmill operators. Survey results revealed that vendors in rural areas sold greater quantities of woodfuel within KNP subregion, and semi-urban vendors sold higher quantities within LNP subregion. A total of 126 sawmills in two subregions sold greater amounts of woodfuel than the 58 wholesale woodfuel vendors and 22 mixed wholesale vendors, with significant differences. In terms of seasonal variations in woodfuel sales, significantly lower amounts of woodfuel sold in monsoon months and higher amounts in winter months. Non-forest sources including homestead forests, roadside social forestry plantations, tea estates, and via sawmills supplied 72% of the total woodfuel sale. The study suggests that roadside social forestry plantations and homestead forestry are key for sustainable supply of woodfuel for meeting sustainable development goals in forest and energy sectors of Bangladesh. Keywords: woodfuel vendors; woodfuel sources; non-forest sources; forest protected area; Bangladesh ID: 3486783 -
ArticleSketching future forestry education for Bangladesh in COVID 19 pandemic and post pandemic situation
XV World Forestry Congress, 2-6 May 2022
2022Also available in:
No results found.British colonial approach is still in core of forest management of South East Asia (SEA). However, recent policies of management of forest are incorporating social aspects and considering diverse dimensions of human with various international commitments by conventions and treaties, lead the paradigm shift in forest management of SEA. This study examined century long forestry practices, forest policies, conventions and treaties on forestry, recent job markets, corporate mechanisms and blending knowledge protocols and found a demand existed to refurbish the current curricula of forestry education of SEA. Examining forestry education of Bangladesh as case study focused from its inception to date particularly to expedite the demand of new arena of knowledge on science, social science, indigenous technologies to put forward the students with the current arena of world forestry science to meet the demand of the country. Moreover, knowledge on global change, biodiversity conservation, forest-people conflict management, landscape level restoration rather forest restoration, technological interventions in forest resource monitoring and assessment, invasive species management, carbon management and trading, panel wood and wood processing were found worth for sustainable forest management. Inclusion of stated new knowledge arena for forest science may facilitate readiness of future graduates for sustainable forest management. Due to COVID19 pandemic and post pandemic on line platforms and learning systems for developing nations are crucial and need integrated developed courses for all, may widen the knowledge platform for future. This study also discussed with a view from a developing nation and put forward a bridge on knowledge sharing between developed and developing nations. Key words: Education, COVID19 pandemic, Curriculum, Collaboration ID: 3486534
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