Understanding the value of local ecological knowledge and practices for habitat restoration in human-altered floodplain systems: A case from Bangladesh

Environmental Management

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 922-938

  Mamun, Abdullah Al ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fishers; Habitat conservation; Habitat degradation; Inland fisheries; Local ecological knowledge; Local practices; Sanctuaries

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; AQUATIC HABITATS; BANGLADESH; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FISH CATCH; FISH HABITAT; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOODPLAIN SYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT DEGRADATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT PREFERENCES; HABITAT RESTORATION; HOLISTIC APPROACH; HUMAN INTERVENTION; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; LOCAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE; MANAGEMENT MEASURES; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MULTI-LEVEL; WATER CONTROL;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CROPS; DEGRADATION; FISH; FISHERIES; FORESTRY; RESTORATION; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; INLAND FISHERY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEM; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

BANGLADESH; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT; HABITAT QUALITY; HYDROLOGY; KNOWLEDGE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FISHERIES; FISHES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 77952880522     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-010-9464-8     Document Type: Review

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