Conservation Benefits of Tropical Multifunctional Land-uses in and Around a Forest Protected Area of Bangladesh

Sharif A Mukul; Narayan Saha

doi:10.3390/land6010002

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Conservation Benefits of Tropical Multifunctional Land-uses in and Around a Forest Protected Area of Bangladesh

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Conservation Benefits of Tropical Multifunctional Land-uses in and Around a Forest Protected Area of Bangladesh

Sharif A Mukul and Narayan Saha

Land, Vol.6(1), 2

2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/land6010002

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Abstract

biodiversity conservation

agroforestry

traditional land use

land sparing

land sharing

wildlife

Competing interests in land for agriculture and commodity production in tropical human-dominated landscapes make forests and biodiversity conservation particularly challenging. Establishment of protected areas in this regard is not functioning as expected due to exclusive ecological focus and poor recognition of local people's traditional forest use and dependence. In recent years, multifunctional land-use systems such as agroforestry have widely been promoted as an efficient land-use in such circumstances, although their conservation effectiveness remains poorly investigated. We undertake a rapid biodiversity survey to understand the conservation value of four contrasting forms of local land-use, namely: betel leaf (Piper betle) agroforestry; lemon (Citrus limon) agroforestry; pineapple (Ananas comosus) agroforestry; and, shifting cultivation-fallow managed largely by the indigenous communities in and around a highly diverse forest protected area of Bangladesh. We measure the alpha and beta diversity of plants, birds, and mammals in these multifunctional land-uses, as well as in the old-growth secondary forest in the area. Our study finds local land-use critical in conserving biodiversity in the area, with comparable biodiversity benefits as those of the old-growth secondary forest. In Bangladesh, where population pressure and rural people's dependence on forests are common, multifunctional land-uses in areas of high conservation priority could potentially be used to bridge the gap between conservation and commodity production, ensuring that the ecological integrity of such landscapes will be altered as little as possible.

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Title: Conservation Benefits of Tropical Multifunctional Land-uses in and Around a Forest Protected Area of Bangladesh
Authors: Sharif A Mukul (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
Narayan Saha (Author) - Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh
Publication details: Land, Vol.6(1), 2; 12
Publisher: MDPI AG
Date published: 2017
DOI: 10.3390/land6010002
ISSN: 2073-445X
Copyright note: Copyright This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450430602621
Output Type: Journal article

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