Land Use Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services, Livelihood in Tanguar Haor Wetland of Bangladesh
Journal Title: Scientia Agriculturae - Year 2015, Vol 12, Issue 2
Abstract
Demographic characteristics Tanguar haor showed that most of the respondents were old aged and had primary level of education; most of the family size was medium with small farm size and most of the respondents were fisherman with poor level of income. The most notable changes of land use pattern was increased in settlement and decreased in seasonal freshwater marshes. Highest adopted rice variety was BRRI dhan28 and lowest adopted rice variety was Basful. Regarding forest/wood tree species, Pongamia pinnata and Barringtonia acutangula were found to increase, while fruit species were decreased. Area and species of swamp forests were increased, while fish and bird species were drastically reduced. Siltation and rising up of river bed were increased, while some haors already became dead. Haor water was reported to pollute now-a-days and quality of drinking water was also decreased. Major problems were damage of road, houses and crops due to major natural disaster flash flood. Multipurpose shelters establishment, infrastructure development and new accommodation for community people during disaster were some important suggestions provided by respondents for better management of wetland ecosystem and improvement of livelihood exist therein.
Authors and Affiliations
MR Uddin, MGU Miah, MSI Afrad, H Mehraj, MSH Mandal
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- DOI 10.15192/PSCP.SA.2015.12.2.7888
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