Resilience to Climate Change in Industrial Shrimping in Bangladesh: Assessing the Comparative Role of the Stakeholders

Sustainability

ShaikhMohammad Kais¹  MdSaidul Islam² 

[1] Department of Sociology, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, Bangladesh;Division of Sociology, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, 48 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639818, Singapore;

关键词: climate crisis;    community capital;    NGO interventions;    resilience gradient;    shrimp policy;    Bangladesh;   

DOI  :  10.3390/su13010307

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Over the last few decades, the global shrimp aquaculture industry has grown considerably and experienced important transformations in coastal regions in the Global South. However, despite being a major contributor to GDP and export earnings of the country, the shrimp industry in Bangladesh is not yet fully developed. This important sector is often plagued by numerous environmental challenges including frequent climate disasters. To address local climate perturbations, the shrimping industry undertakes a wide range of individual, communal, and institutional level resilience activities. Drawing on primary data collected through ethnography and qualitative interviews in three shrimping communities, this paper examines the nature, effects, and efficacy of resilience strategies adopted by various stakeholders in the shrimp industry in coastal Bangladesh. This research demonstrates that there is a clearly visible resilience gradient in the shrimp aquaculture industry in Bangladesh: individual shrimp farmers and households play a pivotal role in resilience enhancement, while other stakeholders including community, state, and civil society organizations have moderate-to-little involvement in aiding resilience in the sector. The study offers a series of recommendations for resilience to climate change.

【 授权许可】

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