Traditional Knowledge, Institutions and Human Sociality in Sustainable Use and Conservation of Biodiversity of the Sundarbans of Bangladesh

Abstract

While Chaps. 2-5 covered specific case studies of landscapes and seascapes in Japan (Chaps. 2-4) and Bangladesh (Chap. 5), Chaps. 6-8 consisted of a series of review articles on sustainable management approaches relating to land/seascapes that explored lessons learned from assessing resilience in socio-ecological production landscapes and seascapes (SEPLS) (Chap. 6), solutions for sustainable management of SEPLS in Asia (Chap. 7), and the effectiveness of biodiversity science-policy interfaces (SPIs) from local to global scales (Chap. 8). These chapters are summarized here according to their objectives, materials/study sites, methods/tools, spatial scales, and key actors. Then, the implications for the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework are discussed using key leverage points of transformations toward sustainability identified by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment: (1) visions of a good life; (2) total consumption and waste; (3) values and action; (4) inequalities; (5) justice and inclusion in conservation; (6) externalities and telecoupling; (7) technology, innovation, and investment; and (8) education and knowledge generation and sharing.