Sundarban Fishermen in the World Heritage Setting: A Community Striving in the Mystic Mangrove Ecosystem

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Sundarban–the beautiful forest–in the southern border of West Bengal is the richest mangrove ecosystem in the global perspective. It is not only charming as its name implies but is characterised by tremendous awe-inspiring nature having multitude of mangrove species and numerous dreadful animal forms both in land and water. The network of mangrove forest is criss-crossed by the turbulent rivers and estuaries which are abundant in fish population of multifarious varieties. Sundarban, fishermen are the traditional workers in this glorious ecological niche and their main principle of working in the midst of dreadful land and water is very naturally the adaptation of various measures to cope with the multifaceted untoward circumstances. Sundarban fishermen by virtue of their traditional strategies associated with indomitable mental set up could have been able to explore the geo-physical dimensions, socio-bio-ecological background as well as animal behaviour in their own concepts and understandings. The book is based on the integrated effort for highlighting the processes and procedures of the indigenous fishing communities through time and space to grapple with the eco-environmental setting in making their living through uninterrupted fishing operations. The life and work of Sundarban fisherfolk are centred round the interactions of man, fish and water. The reciprocal action-orientations of these three interrelated factors have well been illustrated in the book for going deep into the eco-cultural and techno-economic spheres of activities of these traditional fishing personnel.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR R M Sarkar

As a dedicated teacher and researcher in the domain of Social Science, Dr. R.M. Sarkar, M.Sc., Ph.D., D.Litt, is well-known in the global perspective. His study on the diversified aspects on human society and culture is categorically centred round broad-based participant field investigations and through which he has been able to exert a lifeful touch to the various expositions in relation to the multifarious human events. For a long time he was in close association with the evaluation work of the rehabilitation programmes among the Birhors-a primitive tribe in Chotanagpur. Dr. Sarkar took a leading part in the PRA based research and development work among the human communities in the mangrove forest infested Sundarban-Worlds heritage site. He has conducted Successfully large number research projects on the down-trodden communities under the sponsorship of the central and the State Governments. He is a prolific writer and has to his credit more than a dozen of standard books and hundreds of thematic papers published in the different journals. Dr. Sarkar has worked as active member in a number of National Committees. He is intimately associated with many academic institutions of the country. He has been editing efficiently Man in India-the premier international journal of anthropology for 19 years. Of late, has been taken the responsibility of editing another wide-circulated journal of the country-Journal of Social anthropology

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Title
Sundarban Fishermen in the World Heritage Setting: A Community Striving in the Mystic Mangrove Ecosystem
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8183871792
Length
xiv+272., Figures
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