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Biodiversity Land Use Change and Human Well being: A Study of Aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans [Kietas viršelis]

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(Institute of Economic Growth), (Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER)), (Institute of Economic Growth)
  • Formatas: Hardback, 292 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 225x150x20 mm, weight: 461 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Jul-2009
  • Leidėjas: OUP India
  • ISBN-10: 0198060211
  • ISBN-13: 9780198060215
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  • Formatas: Hardback, 292 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 225x150x20 mm, weight: 461 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 02-Jul-2009
  • Leidėjas: OUP India
  • ISBN-10: 0198060211
  • ISBN-13: 9780198060215
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This volume deals with the growth of aquaculture farming, largely driven by export demand, in the Sunderbans and its impact on the ecosystem, biodiversity, land use change, and human well-being. It raisse questions on: social cost of erosion of biodiversity, land conversion, sustainability of aquaculture, and multi-stakeholder aimed policy responses. A detailed discussion on compliance costs, economic benefits as against social costs of environmental pollution and degradation enriches the debate.
The volume examines: the drivers of shrimp export and the issues faced by exporting concerns; the stakeholders in the value chain; the extent of biodiversity loss off the Sundarbans coast and the land use change; impact on well-being of the different categories of stakeholders; and finally, possible policy recommendations for sustainable aquaculture in the region.
Foreword ix
Preface xi
List of Tables, Figures, and Maps xiv
List of Abbreviations xvii
1 Ecosystems, Ecosystem Services, and Aquaculture: Drivers of Change 1
Setting the Stage: Natural Capital, Resource Use by the Economic System, and Ecosystem Services
1
Setting the Stage: Approaches to Human Well-being
4
Major Drivers of Growth in Aquaculture in the World Economy
6
Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture
7
Ecological Footprint of Aquaculture
9
Trade in Shrimp Aquaculture: Global and National Scenario
12
Trade Regulations Concerning Aquaculture Industry
14
The Sundarbans: A Biodiverse, Fragile, and Changing Ecosystem
16
Structure of the Book: A Preview
18
2 Trade Liberalization and Shrimp Exports 21
Increasing Openness of the Indian Economy in the Nineties: The Macro Picture
21
Exchange Rate Movements from 1991 to 2003
21
Factors Impacting Marine Products Exports from India and West Bengal
23
India and the World Shrimp Economy
27
Marine Products and Shrimp Exports from India
30
Frozen Shrimp Exports from West Bengal
36
3 Determinants of Shrimp Export from India and West Bengal: Analysis and Some Econometric Explorations 44
Introduction
44
Magnitude and Destinations of Exports of Shrimp from West Bengal
45
Model Specification and Methodology
49
The Model
49
The Database
52
Description and Construction of Variables
52
Model Results and Interpretation
54
Discussion and Concluding Remarks
57
4 Shrimp Exports and Aquaculture: The Region and the Stakeholders 85
Introduction
85
The Sundarbans Region Background and Overview
86
Socio-economic Profile of the Sundarbans
90
Stakeholders in Shrimp Production
93
Processing and Export Units
94
Shrimp Farmers
95
Farm owner-cum-worker
96
Farm Workers
98
Prawn Seed Collectors
98
Aratdars
99
Input Suppliers (feed, seed, antibiotics, tractors, pumps, aerators, and generators)
99
The Political System
100
Private Investors
101
Post-harvest Production Links
101
Local Transporters
102
Local Markets (Domestic Consumption)
102
National Government
103
Concluding Remarks
103
5 Biodiversity Loss off the Sundarbans Coast: Magnitude, Cost, and Impact 108
Introduction
108
Indices of Ecological Crop Loss
110
Internalizing the Cost of Biodiversity Loss using Translog Cost Function
113
The Issue and the Methodology
113
The Database
116
Results and Analysis
120
Model with Biodiversity Cost Internalized in the Input Cost for Seed
120
Economies of Scale
124
Concluding Remarks and Policy Implications
125
6 Land-use Change in the Sundarbans 132
Land-use Change
132
Evidence from other Studies
134
Methodological Framework for Land-use Change in the Indian Sundarbans
140
Objective of the Analysis
140
Conceptual Framework
140
Methodology
141
Model Specification
142
Data and Variables
144
Description and Construction of Variables
152
Empirical Estimation of the Land-use Change
155
Conversion of Paddy Land to Aquaculture (Log-linear Specification)
155
Conversion of Mangrove Land to Aquaculture (Log-linear Specification)
157
Concluding Remarks
159
7 Human Well-being: Who Gains and Who Loses? 170
Introduction
170
Poverty, Well-being, and Ecosystem Services: The Literature and Some Conceptual Approaches
170
Shrimp production and Export in the Sundarbans, Ecosystem Services, and Human Well-being
176
Income Generation from Shrimp Exports in the Sundarbans
178
Human Well-being Indices for Different Stakeholders
181
Human Well-being Indices
183
Shrimp Farmers and Agricultural Farmers in Canning and Minakhan
184
Shrimp Farmers and Mixed Income Households in Canning and Minakhan
186
PL Collectors and Fishermen in Gosaba
188
PL Collectors and Salary-wage Earners in Gosaba
190
Concluding Remarks: Income Generation, Well-being Levels, and Resource Use in Shrimp Culture
192
8 International Drivers and Local Impacts: Responses and Interventions 204
Recapitulation
204
Policy Responses: Reviewing the Concept
207
Evolution and Listing of Individual Agent Focused and Integrated Responses: Present and Future
209
Concluding Remarks: Moving Towards Sustainable Development in the Sundarbans
215
References 259
Index 267
Kanchan Chopra, Director, Institute of Economic Growth; Preeti Kapuria, Consultant, Institute of Economic Growth; Pushpam Kumar, Environmental Economist, Institute for Sustainable Water, Integrated Management and Ecosystem Research (SWIMMER).