Nathan Bennett, Elena M. Finkbeiner, Natalie C. Ban, Dyhia Belhabib et al.
The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world with extensive social and economic effects. This editorial focuses specifically on the implications of the pandemic for small-scale fishers, including marketing and processing aspects of the sector, and coastal fishing communities, drawing fr...
Md Sarwar Hossain, John A. Dearing, Md. Munsur Rahman, Mashfiqus Salehin
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 changed over recent decades. Time series data for a range of ecosystem services and drivers are analysed to define the...
Nadine Marshall, Paul Marshall, Jerker Tamelander, David Obura et al.
The estimated 500 million people who depend on coral reefs worldwide regularly contend with change. Whether it is the shifting demands of a global marketplace, political upheaval at the national level, shortage of local supplies such as fuel, or fickle weather, the resilience of reefdependent people...
Mohammad Mahmudul Islam, Md. Shamsuddoha
The coastal and marine ecosystem provides critical ecosystem services to millions of people living in a densely populated Bangladesh. In recent decades, the ecosystem faces a number of challenges derived from both natural and anthropogenic sources that put pressures on the sustainability of the soci...
Tharani Gopalakrishnan, Md Kamrul Hasan, A. T. M. Sanaul Haque, S. Jayasinghe et al.
Climatic and non-climatic stressors, such as temperature increases, rainfall fluctuations, population growth and migration, pollution, land-use changes and inadequate gender-specific strategies, are major challenges to coastal agricultural sustainability. In this paper, we discuss all pertinent issu...
Md. Monirul Islam, Susannah M. Sallu, Klaus Hubacek, Jouni Paavola
Limits and barriers to adaptation restrict people’s ability to address the negative impacts of climate change or manage risks in a way that maximises their wellbeing. There is a lack of evidence of this on small-scale fishing communities in developing countries. This study identifies and characteris...
Subrata Sarker, Md. Aminul Haque Bhuyan, Muhammad Mizanur Rahman, Md. Ahsanul Islam et al.
Md. Reaz Akter Mullick, Ahad Hasan Tanim, S M Samiul Islam
Bangladesh coast is recognized as one of the hotspots of several coastal hazards like coastal flood, sea level rise, increased tropical cyclone occurrence etc. To understand the problem followed by necessary coastal management recommendation, an integrated coastal vulnerability index i.e., Composite...
Mohammed Ataur Rahman, Sowmen Rahman
Substantially resourceful and densely populated coastal zones of Bangladesh experience numerous extreme events linked to hydro-meteorological processes viz. cyclones, tidal surges, floods, salinity intrusion and erosion etc. These hazards give rise to extensive damage to property and loss of lives e...
Mostafa Ali Reza Hossain, Munir Ahmed, Elena Ojea, José A. Fernandes
Aquatic ecosystems are of global importance for maintaining high levels of biodiversity and ecosystem services, and for the number of livelihoods dependent on them. In Bangladesh, coastal and delta communities rely on these systems for a livelihood, and the sustainability of the productivity is seri...
Robert J. Nicholls, Craig W. Hutton, Attila N. Lázár, Andrew Allan et al.
Deltas provide diverse ecosystem services and benefits for their populations. At the same time, deltas are also recognised as one of the most vulnerable coastal environments, with a range of drivers operating at multiple scales, from global climate change and sea-level rise to deltaic-scale subsiden...
Muhammad Yasir, Hui Sheng, Hong Fan, Shah Nazir et al.
This study highlights the coastline position changes of Qingdao coastal area from 2000 to 2019, using GIS and remote sensing technologies through Digital Shoreline Analysis System and LANDSAT images. Understanding the coastline movement by suitable method is an important challenge for this extremely...
Nesar Ahmed
Mohammad Mahmudul Islam, Md. Mostafa Shamsuzzaman, Mohammad Mojibul Hoque Mozumder, Xiangmin Xu et al.
Bjørn K. Sagdahl, Coastman Working, Paper N
Chapter 1: State of Fear or State of Oblivion? What coastal zones are telling us about global change and why we need integrated coastal and ocean management on a global scale. Section 1: Coastal habitats. Chapter 2: The challenge of establishing sustainable utilization of our coastal resources. Chap...