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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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Autores principales: 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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Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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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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