The Sundarbans fishers: Coping in an overly stressed mangrove estuary

Chacraverti, Santanu (2015) The Sundarbans fishers: Coping in an overly stressed mangrove estuary. International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), India. ISBN 978-93-80802-3-3

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Abstract

The fishing community of the Sundarbans are the human group most at home in the mud-slush-water-forest environment of this famous mangrove estuary. Their skills, knowledge, and technique have developed in response to a challenging environment. Yet, of the countless studies on the various aspects of this eco-region, there are exceedingly few that have studied the Sundarbans fisher in his/her ecological, historical and demographic context—as a key stakeholder in an environment under considerable stress. The present study seeks to reduce this lacuna a little. Its object is not merely to examine and analyse, but also to identify means, both tradition-based and innovative, which might contribute to protect the environment, improve economic conditions, and usher in people-based governance of resources.

Item Type:	Books
Class Number:	930.ICSF145
Keywords:	ICSF, Fishing Communities, Traditional Knowledge, Mangroves, West Bengal, Governance, Estuary, Sunderbans
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	18 Oct 2021 11:04
Last Modified:	07 Mar 2022 11:57
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/881

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