دانلود کتاب Sundarbans و خدمات اکوسیستم آن – دانش سنتی، استفاده پایدار مرسوم و نوآوری مبتنی بر جامعه

The Sundarbans, the largest single-tract contiguous mangrove forests in the world, is a blessing for the coastal belt of Bangladesh. The home of Royal Bengal Tiger works as a shield against natural calami-ties and nurtures lives and livelihood in the region. Since antiquity, these dense forests have provided the people living along the coast with infi-nite compassion as a result of which the Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs) find an intertwined relationship with this bountiful and the largest mangrove.

The forest shares an intense, interdependent relationship with the indigenous and local communities living around it. People who depend on the Sundarbans for their livelihood, also contribute to the conservation of the Sundarbans’ biodiversity and heritage. Nevertheless, due to various man-made reasons, the forest is being pushed on the verge of destruc-tion. As a result, the future of the forest and the people dependent on it is endangered.

The Sundarbans is gradually degrading due to the massive extrac-tion of its resources. The inappropriate expropriation has triggered rapid destruction and has failed to take into consideration, sustainability and conservation of the forest resources. This urbane mindset of resource exploitation stands in stark contrast to the Indigenous Local Knowledge (ILK) system which stems from age-old practice of conservation-prone and sustainable use of forest resources.