Climate Resilient Innovative Livelihoods in Indian Sundarban Delta
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This book covers several innovative alternative livelihoods based on mangrove floral resources with their respective SWOT analysis. True mangrove flora and their associates in Indian Sundarbans are noted for their wide spectrum of ecosystem services in which livelihoods of the region are one of the most important components. Many alternative mangrove-centric livelihoods are in the pipeline of startup. However, due to difficulty in marketing and lack of clarity over ownership of natural resources, the values of the mangrove-based products have not been fully realized. Natural resources of several categories in Indian Sundarbans like oysters, seaweeds, medicinal mangrove flora, vitamin-rich mangrove fruits, etc. are still lying untapped. These untapped resources have been spun with the livelihood sectors of the Sundarban people backed up with sound business models to make the venture sustainable. The carbon foot prints associated with each of these livelihoods have been studied in details and steps have been suggested for net zero carbon livelihood programmes along with their sustainability. The book provides the readers about several mangrove-based cutting-edge researches and technologies in the domain of climate resilient livelihood, which if implemented can lead to food and economic security of the region.
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Dr. Prosenjit Pramanick
is presently holding the position of Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, West Bengal. He had passed Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry in 2010 from University of Calcutta, West Bengal, and Master of Science in Biochemistry (in 2012) from Vidyasagar University, West Bengal and then obtained his Ph.D. degree in 2017 from Techno India University, West Bengal. He has to his credit about 113 scientific publications, 23 book chapters published by Springer International, Emerald Group, CSIR-NISCAIR, 2 Books, and 18 publications in conference proceedings in the sphere of Food technology, Aquaculture, Agribiotechnology, Alternative livelihood and Environmental Science. He has participated in various National and International conferences, seminars, workshops and webinars. He also served as an Associate Editor in an Inter-continental Webinar Proceedings on "Ecosystem Services and United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDG)" entitled "Natural Resources and their Ecosystem Services". He has expertise in water quality assessment (
in situ
and
ex situ
), food product preparation from mangrove floral species and carbon sequestration. He has served in several consultancy services on the carbon sequestration and Biodiversity assessment conducted by Konnagar Municipality, Government of West Bengal, Kingston Educational Institute, Forest Department, Government of West Bengal, TATA STEEL Ltd. Kalinganagar, Odisha, India, TATA STEEL Ltd. Noamundi Mines, Jharkhand, India and several coal-based power sectors. He also rendered his technological expertise as Research Associate in a project on innovative fish feed conducted by the Directorate of Fishery, Government of West Bengal.
Content
Chapter 1:.- Indian Sundarban Delta.- Chapter 2:.- Traditional Livelihoods in Sundarban Delta.- Chapter 3:.- Threats to Livelihood Sectors.- Chapter 4:.- Mangrove Centric Alternative Livelihoods.- Chapter 5:.- Blue Carbon Credit: An Approach to Net Zero Livelihood.