Author: Junaid Alam Memon
AIT Library Call Number: AIT Diss. no.RD-11-03
Year: 2011
Academic Program: Regional and Rural Development Planning (RRDP)
Type: Thesis (Ph.D.) – Asian Institute of Technology, 2011
Examination Committee: Gopal B. Thapa (Chairperson); Soparth Pongquan, Nitin Kumar Tripathi, Henrik Secher Marcussen(Examination Committee Members)
Abstract: This study was carried out primarily to analyze the status of mangroves and the changing local community dependence on these resources under the jurisdictions of Port Qasim Authority (PQA), Sindh Forest Department (SFD) and Board of Revenue (BoR). The various concerns on mangroves are addressed through an interdisciplinary research design of the study that combined the policy and institutional analysis for mangrove management, time series analysis of local dependence on mangroves and allied resources, and analysis of the temporal variation in the area and density of mangroves. The primary information was collected through the institutional survey, in-depth interviews, questionnaire survey of 251 randomly selected households, group discussions, satellite imageries, and ground verification survey. Supplementary secondary information was obtained through relevant government reports and other publications. Findings from the policy and institutional analyses revealed that the national policies related to mangroves management are still vague and weak as reflected in the lack of a clear policy emphasizing on sustainable conservation of mangroves through appropriate institutional arrangements. As a result, ownership of mangroves is being placed under the jurisdictions of three agencies: SFD, PQA and BoR, which have different mandates and main concerns. While the latter two agencies have no mandate for the management of mangroves, the former agency has been pursuing management activities following the traditional top-down approach. Mostly, the so-called people’s participation is confined to the local people’s recruitment as wage laborers in carrying out mangrove plantation activities. The analysis of local dependence on mangroves found a gradually decreasing reliance on mangroves for wood-fuel and fodder that was attributed to the supply of tapped natural gas in PQA area significant occupational change of the local communities caused primarily by the diversion of freshwater flows of the Indus River for inigation. These s
Scholarship Donor(s): Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan – AIT Fellowship
Note: A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Regional and Rural Development Planning, School of Environment, Resources and Development
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