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Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh
Understanding the salinity effects on the rural livelihood and ecosystems services are essential for policy implications and mitigations. Salinity-driven modulation in land use and land cover, community traditional occupations, and ecosystem service have been elucidated in the present investigation....
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18512 |
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author | Islam, Rofiqul Ahmed, Romel Dey, Biplob Haque, Md. Saiful Aktar, Sokina Bhuiyan, Md Saifuzzaman Arif, Mohammad Saidul Habib Ador, Md. Ahosan Ul Haque, Mohammed Masum Saha, Narayan |
author_facet | Islam, Rofiqul Ahmed, Romel Dey, Biplob Haque, Md. Saiful Aktar, Sokina Bhuiyan, Md Saifuzzaman Arif, Mohammad Saidul Habib Ador, Md. Ahosan Ul Haque, Mohammed Masum Saha, Narayan |
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description | Understanding the salinity effects on the rural livelihood and ecosystems services are essential for policy implications and mitigations. Salinity-driven modulation in land use and land cover, community traditional occupations, and ecosystem service have been elucidated in the present investigation. The study was carried out in the south-western region of Bangladesh as a representative case using focus group discussions, questionnaire survey, and remote sensing techniques. The findings showed that salinity-induced land use changes seriously threatened ecosystem services, employment and livelihoods. Shrimp farming was found to have replaced the majority of agricultural and bare lands, which led to the poor locals losing their land. The increasing land transformation to shrimp ponds as a coping strategy with salinity was not reported to be a viable option as maximum marginal poor people were unable to run the capital-intensive shrimp aquaculture. Eventually, many rich people occupied the cropland for shrimp farming which forced the traditional farmers and fishermen to leave their job and sell their labor. Many of the traditional services derived from the ecosystems were drastically reduced or got lost. The ultimate effect on the traditional livelihoods of the communities increased vulnerability and reduced resilience. The findings could aid in formulating realistic policies and action for ensuring the future resilience of the community through an appropriate adaptation strategy, such as introducing salinity-tolerant crops and integrated farming to safeguard the interest of the poor farmers. Despite the geographical locality of the study, its implications are global given the identical salinity concerns in other emerging nations' coastal regions. |
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spelling | pubmed-104130022023-08-11 Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh Islam, Rofiqul Ahmed, Romel Dey, Biplob Haque, Md. Saiful Aktar, Sokina Bhuiyan, Md Saifuzzaman Arif, Mohammad Saidul Habib Ador, Md. Ahosan Ul Haque, Mohammed Masum Saha, Narayan Heliyon Research Article Understanding the salinity effects on the rural livelihood and ecosystems services are essential for policy implications and mitigations. Salinity-driven modulation in land use and land cover, community traditional occupations, and ecosystem service have been elucidated in the present investigation. The study was carried out in the south-western region of Bangladesh as a representative case using focus group discussions, questionnaire survey, and remote sensing techniques. The findings showed that salinity-induced land use changes seriously threatened ecosystem services, employment and livelihoods. Shrimp farming was found to have replaced the majority of agricultural and bare lands, which led to the poor locals losing their land. The increasing land transformation to shrimp ponds as a coping strategy with salinity was not reported to be a viable option as maximum marginal poor people were unable to run the capital-intensive shrimp aquaculture. Eventually, many rich people occupied the cropland for shrimp farming which forced the traditional farmers and fishermen to leave their job and sell their labor. Many of the traditional services derived from the ecosystems were drastically reduced or got lost. The ultimate effect on the traditional livelihoods of the communities increased vulnerability and reduced resilience. The findings could aid in formulating realistic policies and action for ensuring the future resilience of the community through an appropriate adaptation strategy, such as introducing salinity-tolerant crops and integrated farming to safeguard the interest of the poor farmers. Despite the geographical locality of the study, its implications are global given the identical salinity concerns in other emerging nations' coastal regions. Elsevier 2023-07-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10413002/ /pubmed/37576307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18512 Text en © 2023 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Research Article Islam, Rofiqul Ahmed, Romel Dey, Biplob Haque, Md. Saiful Aktar, Sokina Bhuiyan, Md Saifuzzaman Arif, Mohammad Saidul Habib Ador, Md. Ahosan Ul Haque, Mohammed Masum Saha, Narayan Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh |
title | Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh |
title_full | Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh |
title_fullStr | Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh |
title_full_unstemmed | Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh |
title_short | Salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: Evidence from the south-western coastal region of Bangladesh |
title_sort | salinity hazard drives the alteration of occupation, land use and ecosystem service in the coastal areas: evidence from the south-western coastal region of bangladesh |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413002/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37576307 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18512 |
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