Long Cheng ∗† , Sajal K. Das † , Mario Di Francesco † , Canfeng Chen ‡ and Jian Ma ∗§
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Title:
Livelihood resilience of the indigenous Munda community in the Bangladesh
Sundarbans Forest
Session Information:
Resilience Livelihood
9 January 2019
International Centre for Climate Change and Development, Independent University, Bangladesh
Presenter:
Sajal Roy, MPhil (Bergen)
PhD Candidate, Institute for Culture and Society (ICS)
Western Sydney University
Faculty Member, Department of Women and Gender Studies
Begum Rokeya University, Rangpur (BRUR)
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Talk Covers
Introduction: An Overview of Resilience and Livelihoods Literature
Case Study: The Adivasi Munda Community
Methods Utilised
Discussion of the Results and Findings
Concluding Statement
Roy, S 2018, ‘Livelihood resilience of the indigenous Munda community in the Bangladesh Sundarbans forest’ in: WL. Filho and D. Ayal (eds.), Handbook of Climate Change Resilience, Springer Nature, Germany, pp.1-22.
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Figures: Map of the village of Kalinchi 10/01/2019 Sajal Roy, ICS and BRUR 4
An Overview of Resilience and Livelihoods Literature
Bahadur et al. 2013; Watts 2015; Tanner et al. 2014; Roy 2013
Purposes for building resilience: firstly, to prevent the system from moving to an undesired, alternative regime in the face of climate disaster. Secondly, to nurture and preserve the components of the system that build resilience and allow the system to renew and reorganize after a disturbance (Walter et al. 2006).
Broadly, livelihood resilience explores adaptive changes because it provides a way for analyzing how to maintain stability between livelihood resources and livelihood stresses in the face of transformation (Berkes 2006).
There are three main ways for extending the application of resilience in research studies (Tanner and Allouche 2011).
Point of departure: Considering the capacity of the Munda people to sustain and improve their livelihood opportunities and wellbeing despite environmental, economic, social, and political disturbances caused by a disaster event, like Cyclone Aila
Auto-ethnography as method (Ellis et al. 2011)
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Discussion of the Results and Findings
An Overview of the Adivasi Munda Community in Kalinchi
Socio-Environmental Identities of the Munda People with the Sundarbans
Effects of Aila and Associated Climate Stressors on the Forest-Based Livelihood
Present Livelihood Context
Intersectional Dimensions of Livelihood Resilience of the Munda Community
Concluding statement
Figure: Relics of a colonial-era salt industry
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Figures: Eco-tourism and home-based pond shrimp cultivation, Source: Researcher
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Long-term effects of Cyclone Aila on traditional livelihoods and present livelihood context
Figures: Post-Aila climatic stressors and Major Livelihood Approaches
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Intersectional Dimensions of Livelihood Resilience of the Munda Community
Gender
Marital status
Religion
Mobility
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Concluding statement
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