Abstract
This chapter explores the lives of the Shora community in relation to the Sundarbans forest . The people of Shora grow and live with the Sundarbans, as it is the main source of their livelihoods and a core part of their lives. This chapter describes the empirical findings that show how the people of Shora have developed indigenous and customary knowledge about the Sundarbans and the collection of forest resources for several generations. Whilst women and men collect forest resources differently and with different environmental impacts, there is also consideration of the illegal activities in the forest that are causing long-term environmental insecurity. This chapter also acknowledges that there has been a noticeable change in the widely used customary knowledge system of the Shora community and concludes that the passing on of knowledge from one generation to the next is helping retain the individual knowledge system .
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
This is a refuge constructed by NGOs to provide a communal home for the divorced women .
- 2.
The Taka (TK) is the official currency of Bangladesh.
- 3.
In the location being studied, a small amount of cash, such as 5,000–10,000 TK, is given to women to operate businesses or income-generating activities.
- 4.
Brotie is an NGO working with the cyclone victim women and children in the village Shora .
- 5.
Aitalkurse (or Ayatul Kursi) is an Islamic verse written in the Quran.
- 6.
Tok is a soured liquid eaten with rice at lunch in the rural villages of Bangladesh .
- 7.
References
Ahamed, U.M. and Ahamed, F. (n.d.), Control of Illegal Activities in the Sundarbans Forest of Bangladesh: Overview of the Regulatory Aspects, Seminar Paper, Department of URP, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.
Forest Peoples Programme (2013), Supporting Forest Peoples’ Right, Indonesia, viewed 17 Apr. 19. http://www.forestpeoples.org/en/resources?Publications[0]=work_theme_and_topics_publication%3A407&Publications[1]=language%3Aen.
Harding, S. (2008), Sciences from Below: Feminisms, Postcolonialities, and Modernities, Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Harding, S. (2004), The Feminist Standpoint Reader (ed.), New York and London: Routledge.
Islam, K.K. and Sato, N. (2012), ‘Deforestation, Land Conversion and Illegal Logging in Bangladesh: The Case of the Sal (Shorea robusta) forests’, iForest, Vol. 5, pp. 171–178.
Kabir, H.M.D. and Hossain, J. (2008), Resuscitating the Sundarbans, Customary use of Biodiversity and Traditional Practices in Bangladesh, Dhaka: Unnayan Onneshan; The Innovators.
Mohanty, T.C. (2003), Feminism without Borders, Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Munanura, I.E.; Backman, K.F.; Hallo, J.C.; Powell, R.B.; Sabuhoro, E. (2018), ‘Understanding the Relationship Between Livelihood Constraints of Poor Forest-adjacent Residents, and Illegal Forest Use, at Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda’, Conservation and Society, Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 291–304.
Sultana, M.A. (2010), ‘Patriarchy and Women’s Gender Ideology: A Socio-Cultural Perspective’, Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 123–126.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2019 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Roy, S. (2019). Narratives of the Sundarbans Forest at Shora. In: Climate Change Impacts on Gender Relations in Bangladesh. SpringerBriefs in Environment, Security, Development and Peace, vol 29. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6776-2_3
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6776-2_3
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Singapore
Print ISBN: 978-981-13-6775-5
Online ISBN: 978-981-13-6776-2
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental ScienceEarth and Environmental Science (R0)