Sustainability through an alternative property-rights regime for Bangladesh's mangrove forest
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Article Title | Sustainability through an alternative property-rights regime for Bangladesh's mangrove forest |
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ERA Journal ID | 2017 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Roy, Anjan Kumer Dev (Author), Alam, Khorshed (Author) and Gow, Jeff (Author) |
Journal Title | Geographical Review |
Journal Citation | 103 (3), pp. 372-389 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2013 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0016-7428 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1931-0846.2013.00004.x |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1931-0846.2013.00004.x |
Abstract | This study examines the challenges of achieving sustainable management of the world's largest mangrove forest, the Sundarbans, in Bangladesh. The Sundarbans is currently managed by the Bangladesh Department of Forest, under a state property-rights regime, while our study explores an alternative property-rights regime. We employed a mixed-method approach to examine the prospects of alternative management and livelihood strategies to achieve sustainability. Both focus groups and household surveying were used to assess the opportunities for, and barriers to, achieving sustainability. It was found that two conflicting groups forest-dependent communities and foresters are responsible for policy failures due to the absence of power-sharing arrangements, nor is it likely a common property-rights regime will be enough to cap degradation and achieve sustainability, while supply-and-demand policy interventions |
Keywords | alternative livelihoods; Bangladesh; demand-side policies; property rights; Sundarbans |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440603. Economic geography |
410406. Natural resource management | |
440704. Environment policy | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Accounting, Economics and Finance |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q20yz/sustainability-through-an-alternative-property-rights-regime-for-bangladesh-s-mangrove-forest
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