Abstract
The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world, has been undergoing significant ecological changes due to climate change-related weather events since the late 1990s. This forest, situated in south-west Bangladesh, provides livelihood services to 3.5 million people. The livelihood provision of the Sundarbans forest has been invented due to climate-induced disasters, such as cyclones, sea-level rise, salinisation, heat waves, and flooding. Considering the impacts of cyclones Aila and Sidr, this autoethnographic study closely examines the long-established perceptions of women and men about the resources of the Sundarbans. While doing so, this study uses feminist political ecology as a theoretical framework. This study examines how these two cyclones transformed lives and gendered livelihoods of the villagers of Shora in the Sundarbans forest.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 375-394 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Asian Journal of Social Science |
Volume | 48 |
Issue number | 45385 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 |
Keywords
- Bangladesh
- Sundarbans (Bangladesh and India)
- cyclones
- environmental aspects
- forests and forestry