Linking prawn and shrimp farming towards a green economy in Bangladesh: Confronting climate change

N Ahmed - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2013 - Elsevier
The coastal aquaculture sector in Bangladesh is dominated by export-oriented freshwater
prawn and brackishwater shrimp farming, both are commercially known as “white gold” …

Impact scenarios of shrimp farming in coastal region of Bangladesh: an approach of an ecological model for sustainable management

SM Didar-Ul Islam, MAH Bhuiyan - Aquaculture International, 2016 - Springer
Bangladesh is one of the major shrimp-producing countries in the world. It is blessing with
an advantageous natural setting for shrimp farming and contributes the national economy of …

Climate change-induced migration in coastal Bangladesh? A critical assessment of migration drivers in rural households under economic and environmental stress

A Bernzen, JC Jenkins, B Braun - Geosciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Discussions of climate migration have recognized the need for probabilistic, systematic, and
empirical analyses. We examine the importance of environmental stressors in migration …

Recent changes in ecosystem services and human well-being in the Bangladesh coastal zone

MS Hossain, JA Dearing, MM Rahman… - Regional Environmental …, 2016 - Springer
This study takes an historical approach in order to establish how the form and function of the
social-ecological system that represents the Bangladesh south-western coastal zone has …

Vulnerability of rural livelihoods to multiple stressors: A case study from the southwest coastal region of Bangladesh

MIM Shameem, S Momtaz, R Rauscher - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2014 - Elsevier
The coastal area of Bangladesh has been a focus of climate change and hazard research
due to its extreme vulnerability to tropical cyclones, often leading to disaster. While there …

Does land use change, waterlogging, and salinity impact on sustainability of agriculture and food security? Evidence from southwestern coastal region of Bangladesh

Z Ahmed, S Ambinakudige - Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The United Nation's sustainable development goal is to achieve zero hunger by
2030 and achieve food security throughout the world. In this context, we analyze the …

Local perceptions of and adaptation to climate variability and change: the case of shrimp farming communities in the coastal region of Bangladesh

MIM Shameem, S Momtaz, AS Kiem - Climatic Change, 2015 - Springer
Shrimp aquaculture is the predominant farming practice in the southwest coastal region of
Bangladesh and has been under increased pressure from environmental and climatic …

Drivers of mangrove ecosystem service change in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

MM Islam, AR Sunny, MM Hossain… - Singapore Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves are now well known to provide a range of ecosystem services that benefit local
populations, though such ecosystem services are at risk from mangrove deforestation and …

[HTML][HTML] Fishing for justice: Human rights, development, and fisheries sector reform

BD Ratner, B Åsgård, EH Allison - Global Environmental Change, 2014 - Elsevier
A review of case law and other documentation of human rights issues in fishing communities
highlights forced evictions, detention without trial, child labour, forced labour and unsafe …

The unequal distribution of water risks and adaptation benefits in coastal Bangladesh

EJ Barbour, MSG Adnan, E Borgomeo, K Paprocki… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Increasing flood risk, salinization and waterlogging threaten the lives and livelihoods of
more than 35 million people in Bangladesh's coastal zone. While planning models have …