Wetland management

Marshbirds are difficult to survey due their secretive nature and association with dense wetland vegetation. Recently developed standardized survey protocols are used to monitor patterns of abundance, primarily at large spatial scales, but also can be used to assess marshbird re…

Jurisdictional ownership of all natural resources, including wetlands and river channels, belongs to the state in Bangladesh, and access to and control over wetland resource are determined by the existing top-down, command-and-control, bureaucratic management regimes. Grounded s…

Protected areas have been promoted globally as a solution to biodiversity loss. However, they have resulted in local conflicts by adversely impacting local communities who depend on the protected resources and who become hostile towards conservation efforts when denied access to…