Governance for vulnerability to viability transitions in the Transboundary Sundarbans Social-Ecological Systems

Despite the contribution to food security, employment, poverty eradication, and community well-being, small-scale fisheries are
neglected and remain vulnerable to a range of direct challenges, for example, conflicts with large-scale industrial fisheries and
lack of government attention. Small-scale fisheries? transition from vulnerability to viability is complex and non-linear as the
processes related to transition involve changes in structure, culture, and practices at different levels and scales of a societal
system. The multi-dimensional vulnerabilities of small-scale fisheries make the vulnerability to viability transition difficult, and it
becomes even more complex in the transboundary social-ecological systems. This research emphasizes on providing a
comprehensive understanding of the vulnerabilities of small-scale fisheries in the Sundarbans transboundary social-ecological
system, the initiatives that have been taken to move toward viability, and the key challenges that administrative unit(s) face
facilitating the transition. This will find out the ways to improve the quality and capacity of the governance system in governing
transboundary fisheries and help facilitate small-scale fisheries’ vulnerability to viability transition.

Faculty Supervisor:

Prateep Kumar Nayak

Student:

Partner:

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Education

University:

University of Waterloo

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