Vulnerability of fragile forest ecosystem of North East India in context with the global climate change: An ecological projection

Bujarbarua, Pranab; Baruah, Sampriti

doi:10.1088/1755-1307/6/7/072016

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“…Indicator: Hydroelectrical installed capacity (MW); source: own elaborations on data from the development plans of the Central Electrical Authority of India (http://www.cea.nic.in/) Forest Cover at upstream FC One of the most important strategies for controlling runoff and erosion risks, thus limiting the probability of flood events downstream. Indicator: Area forest cover at north-east India (km 2 ); source: [69].…”

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Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources Systems in Developing Countries: A Generalized Framework and a Feasibility Study in Bangladesh

Gain

Giupponi

Renaud

2012

Water

113

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Abstract:Water is the primary medium through which climate change influences the Earth's ecosystems and therefore people's livelihoods and wellbeing. Besides climatic change, current demographic trends, economic development and related land use changes have direct impact on increasing demand for freshwater resources. Taken together, the net effect of these supply and demand changes is affecting the vulnerability of water resources. The concept of 'vulnerability' is not straightforward as there is no universally accepted approach for assessing vulnerability. In this study, we review the evolution of approaches to vulnerability assessment related to water resources. From the current practices, we identify research gaps, and approaches to overcome these gaps a generalized assessment framework is developed. A feasibility study is then presented in the context of the Lower Brahmaputra River Basin (LBRB). The results of the feasibility study identify the current main constraints (e.g., lack of institutional coordination) and opportunities (e.g., adaptation) of LBRB. The results of this study can be helpful for innovative research and management initiatives and the described framework can be widely used as a guideline for the vulnerability assessment of water resources systems, particularly in developing countries.

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Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources Systems in Developing Countries: A Generalized Framework and a Feasibility Study in Bangladesh

Gain

Giupponi

Renaud

2012

Water

113

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“…The catchments of forest area provide a huge amount of water for domestic, agricultural, industrial and ecological needs in both upstream and downstream zones (Calder et al, 2007;FAO, 2013). Forests are an important indicator to protect the downstream from the possibility of flood events by regulating runoff and erosion risks (Bujarbarua et al, 2009;Gain et al, 2012a). Moreover, it reduces salinity and increases biodiversity and ecological services (Lambin and Meyfroidt, 2011;UN, 2011).…”

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Sustainability impacts of tidal river management: Towards a conceptual framework

Masud

Moni

Azadi

et al. 2018

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The Southwest Coastal people of Bangladesh have introduced Tidal River Management (TRM) as an environmentally acceptable water resource management practice based on their indigenous knowledge of water logging of low lying coastal land. TRM helps to address problems resulting from different anthropogenic and structural development activities, and it has been successful in helping coastal communities to adapt to climate change and rising sea level vulnerability by forming new land in Tidal Basins. Hence, it is essential to measure sustainability impacts of TRM from the environmental, socio-economic and institutional perspectives. Therefore, firstly, the study identifies sustainability indicators of TRM considering ecosystem services and secondly, develops an inclusive conceptual framework to understand the important impacts of each indicator at various spatial and temporal scales. The conceptual framework is followed by the construction of a Sustainability Index of Tidal River Management (SITRM). It has advantages over the Ramsar Convention framework (2007) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) framework (2012) to measure water sustainability as it includes a sustainable model to project future vulnerability of the community, river and Tidal Basin, emphasizing on climate change issues. It also involves trade-offs analysis, livelihood analysis and SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats) analysis for a complete impact assessment to enable decision-makers to focus on those services most likely to be of risks and weaknesses or opportunities and strengths for the sustainability of TRM. Moreover, the framework is a useful guide for policymakers in identifying the sustainability impacts of TRM so that they can choose best coping strategies for coastal people to effectively deal with adverse effects of water-logging and undesired climatic events as well as environmental and socio-economic changes in coastal areas.

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“…Kumar, Margot, & Roy (2008) conclude that landscape with >40% of forest cover and <30% of current or abundant Jhum cover with <2% annual Jhum support higher elephant densities. Bujarbarua and Baruah (2009) reported an increase in forest cover for NER between 1987& 2005. Srivastava, T.P.…”

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Changes in land cover/land use over the northeast region of India

Jamir¹

2015

J GEOGR INST CVIJIC

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The Northeast region (NER) is rich in biodiversity however it is under increasing pressure due to economic development. With this in backdrop, an attempt is made to investigate the trend in forest cover, shifting cultivation and urbanization. The analysis reveals that annual forest cover shows significant decreasing trend at Nagaland and Manipur while increasing trend is reported at six states. In order to understand the causative factor for increase/decrease, the data related to various forest cover viz., dense, open, scrubs and non-forestland were collected and analysed. The result indicates that except Arunachal Pradesh and Assam, the rest of the state reported increase in dense forest cover. The analysis also shows that area under shifting cultivation has decreased considerably across the NER. This can be ascribed to the afforestation drive, settled agriculture and social forestry etc. In NER, all the major towns show exponentially increase in population growth significant at 99%. Thus, there is a positive correlation between population growth with that of forest cover and urbanization unlike shifting cultivation. The results also show significant decrease in monsoon rainfall and an increase in temperature variables, a part played by change in land cover and land use.

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Vulnerability of fragile forest ecosystem of North East India in context with the global climate change: An ecological projection

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Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources Systems in Developing Countries: A Generalized Framework and a Feasibility Study in Bangladesh

Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment of Water Resources Systems in Developing Countries: A Generalized Framework and a Feasibility Study in Bangladesh

Sustainability impacts of tidal river management: Towards a conceptual framework

Changes in land cover/land use over the northeast region of India

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