Livelihood and Socio-Economic Aspects of the Sundarbans’ Dependent People: Case Studies on Nalian and Burigoalini Ranges of the Sundarbans

Abstract

The Sundarbans Reserved Forest (SRF) is playing a significant role in local and national economy and is providing protection to the coastline as well as to the people living in the Sundarbans Impact Zone (SIZ). Presently, the area provides a livelihood to an estimated 3.5 million people. This study deals with the livelihood pattern of the people using both primary and secondary data sources. The study identifies people with different livelihood activities such as munda, fishermen, bawali, golpata collectors, salt farmer etc. Most of them are seasonal workers and their over all socio-economic conditions are below standard.

Livestock, livestock loss and livelihood: a note on Mishing char dwellers of Assam

“…Research on char livelihoods in various regions of India and Bangladesh has been conducted (Baqee, 1998;Islam et al, 2011;Rakib et al, 2019;Lahiri-Dutt & Samanta, 2013;Chowdhury, 2000;Islam, 2000;Islam et al, 2015;Rahman et al, 2017;Kamal, 2011;Lahiri-Dutt, 2014;Uddin & Dhar, 2017). Few studies have also been conducted on the char livelihood in Assam (Hoque, 2015;Chakraborty, 2012;Khandakar, 2016;Kumar & Das, 2019). These studies partially talk about the livestock rearing sector as a source of people's livelihood.…”