A5011862945- Coastal and Marine Management
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Disaster Management and Resilience
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- International Maritime Law Issues
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Urban Green Space and Health
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Career Development and Diversity
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- Gender Diversity and Inequality
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Marine and fisheries research
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Islamic Finance and Banking Studies
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Water resources management and optimization
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh
2020-2024
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
2021-2024
Zoological Society of London
2024
University of Sheffield
2014
The efficacy of global environmental assessments in informing and shaping ocean coastal management is hampered by recognized gaps science endeavours. In order to bridge these gaps, secure inclusive equitable knowledge co-construction stakeholders, the International Panel for Ocean Sustainability (IPOS) emerging. Here we present outcomes "Bridging Shades Blue Workshop" held Spain 2023. A diverse group holders, including policymakers, small-scale fishers, marine social scientists lawyers...
Agriculture is sensitive to climate change as it depends on temperature and rainfall patterns for crop production. Though Bangladesh's recent growth in its agriculture sector remarkable, the farmer community living northwest region of Bangladesh faces drought every year that negatively affects agriculture, ecology, society. However, studies focusing communities' vulnerability adaptation options through a social-ecological lens are limited. The present study used framework combines (i.e.,...
Ocean science plays a critical role in decision-making processes with distributional effects, which inherently carry equity implications. At the same time, concerns about shape how ocean is conducted, influencing scientific questions are prioritized. Expanding participation setting research agendas through inclusive can significantly alter trajectory of science. Recent initiatives promoting "ocean knowledge co-production" transdisciplinary grounded this idea, emphasizing involvement...
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Under changing climate, more frequent and severe extreme climate events have been causing both economic non-economic losses damages to local communities living in disaster-prone areas. Based on 14 focused group discussions, 20 in-depth interviews, eight key informant this study sought understand the experienced by rural three locations of Bangladesh, which are vulnerable riverine flash floods or cyclones, associated surges & coastal flooding, salinity intrusion. This paper first captured...
Economic growth is often assumed to improve happiness for people in low income countries, although the association between monetary and subjective well-being has been a subject of debate. We test this assumption by comparing three different measures very low-income communities with levels monetization. Contrary expectations, all were high least-monetized sites comparable those found among citizens wealthy nations. The reported drivers shifted increasing monetization: from enjoying...
Climate change influences patterns of human mobility and health outcomes. While much the climate migration discourse is invested in quantitative predictions debates about whether adaptive or maladaptive, less attention has been paid to voices people moving context with a focus on their wellbeing. This qualitative research aims amplify migrants themselves add nuance dominant narratives shed light real-life challenges face meeting needs change.We conducted 58 semi-structured in-depth...
Sultana, R., and S. Ahmed Selim. 2021. Residents' perceptions of the role management green spaces to provide cultural ecosystem services in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Ecology Society 26(4):5. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-12656-260405
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) support over 90% of the 120 million people engaged in capture globally. Despite their contributions, SSF communities are often economically and politically marginalised, highly vulnerable to change, until recently, remained largely invisible policy debates most countries internationally. This paper undertakes a situational analysis 12 with significant small-scale (i.e., Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa,...
Humanity depends on the marine environment for a range of vital ecosystem services, at global (e.g. climate regulation), regional commercial fisheries) and local scales coastal defence recreation). At same time, ecosystems have been exploited centuries, many systems today are under stress from multiple sources. Recent studies shown how both change fishing caused long-term changes in environment. However, there is still poor understanding these influence services. In this paper, an integrated...
Abstract Understanding inhabitants' perceptions of cultural ecosystem services (CES) urban green space will offer solutions to sustainability challenges. This study aimed analyse the social supply and demand sides CES in Dhaka City. A questionnaire-based preference method was used. Questions survey concerned respondents' satisfaction with spaces, connected activities, limitations, motivation. Descriptive inferential statistics were applied 405 surveyed questionnaire data understand variation...
Abstract Diverse and inclusive marine research is paramount to addressing ocean sustainability challenges in the 21st century, as envisioned by UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Despite increasing efforts diversify science, women continue face barriers at various stages their career, which inhibits progression leadership within academic institutions. In this perspective, we draw on collective experiences thirty-four global leaders, bolstered a narrative review, identify...
The unusual situation that arose due to the COVID-19 pandemic and 65-day fishing ban (national policy boost depleted fish stocks) affected lower-income communities in coastal Bangladesh. Shocks stresses were posed, community people adopted strategies adapt changes. In process of adaptation, social-ecological systems resilience at different levels plays a crucial role. Though is acknowledged as multilevel feature, studies on interaction between while understanding communities’ responses shock...
Marine conservation transdisciplinary researchers often get to the field with a previously designed question, formulated outside actual geographical, social, cultural and ecological setting in which research projects are supposed be anchored. Involving people on ground initial phase of formulating questions agenda is still uncommon. Once field, may or not have support local communities sample their data, although they will regularly need count these same if collaborative regime pursued...
In Bangladesh, fishing communities are one of the most climate-vulnerable groups, though they play an important role in economic development. The main objective this study was to identify vulnerability by exploring exposure (i.e., lack regulating services or household capitals), susceptibility access provisioning services), and resilience alternative livelihoods capacity) explore adaptation options, challenges understand risk governance. considered 45 published research articles for analysis...
Abstract Worldwide, marine conflicts are growing in frequency and intensity due to increasing global demands for resources (Blue Growth) climate change. This article introduces a collection Maritime Studies on pathways sustainability an era of Blue Growth We posit that while conflict can be problematic, it also play positive role bringing about societal change, by highlighting unsustainable unjust practices trigger transformation. However, left unattended, festering hinder just equitable...