Implications of agricultural land use change to ecosystem services in the Ganges delta

This paper explores the temporal variation of agricultural land use change and its implications with ecosystem services

Abstract

Ecosystems provide the basis for human civilization and natural capital for green economy and sustainable development. Ecosystem services may range from crops, fish, freshwater to those that are harder to see such as erosion regulation, carbon sequestration, and pest control. Land use changes have been identified as the main sources of coastal and marine pollution in Bangladesh. This paper explores the temporal variation of agricultural land use change and its implications with ecosystem services in the Ganges delta.

This research was supported by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme

Citation

Islam, G.M.Tarekul, Islam, A.K.M.Saif, Shopan, A.Azhar, Rahman, M.Munsur, Lázár, A.N., Mukhopadhyay, A., Implications of agricultural land use change to ecosystem services in the Ganges delta, Journal of Environmental Management, vol.161, pp.443-452, 2015

Implications of agricultural land use change to ecosystem services in the Ganges delta

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Published 1 September 2015