Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Activities in the Sundarbans

Abstract

The study aims at designing a perfect model for, Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Activities in the Sundarbans. The main objective of the existing management system of Sundarbans Forest and delineates the causes hindering the sustainable development of the forest. The goal of the study has been to propose recommendation for, Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Activities in the Sundarbans. Participation Rural Appraisal (PRA) and survey methods were used to Assess the present condition of the forest. The nature of the study is imperial. Both primary and secondary data have been used to provide for the study. The technique by which the information has been collected from of Sundarbans Forest involves the collection of data mainly from forest related people. To materialize the present and past developmental activities of the Sundarbans, various policy measures as well as institutional measures have been taken. To emphasize the different aspects of the Sundarbans different development plant have been taken and various government agencies and NGO, s are working in this field to change the fate of them through various multidimensional programs have been attempted to discuss in the thesis. All these along with the government's policies have created the context for the development of the Sundarbans and how in this thesis through making necessary analyses and interpretations base on available data. But from the different development projects we see that the input and output have not been varied so much. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Test has been done in six chapters and the monitoring schedule has been made. If we carry on our activities according to the above said monitoring schedule, we will get better results. Respondents provided information on several issues of the forest with the past and present conditions. Many foresters' views including that of 16 Deputy Rangers have been considered in relations to the present management situation of the forest. Several local people have also given their views, which have also been considered. It is clear from the study that Sundarbans is a valuable source of natural resources. But the condition of the forest is becoming worse day by day. Necessary steps and measures are required to be taken to improve the situation. It has been reviewed that creating an environment that could foster a fearless forest can stop the disappearance or extinction processes. The problems of forest degradation and biodiversity reduction can be eradicated naturally. It is necessary to make general people conscious about the law relating to preservation of forests, long term benefits from the proper maintenance of Sundarbans, the sheer disadvantages for not maintaining the forest properly, and to increase the number of employees. The problem of piracy in Sundarbans been shown as one of the main problems hindering development work therein. In relation to development work of the forest most of the total respondents assigned at various important management positions of the Forest Department (57.14 % of the officials) mentioned that improving the development work should include measures to protect of Sundarbans from any sort of piracy or robbery. Another problem that chokes the development work of Sundarbans is the inability of the management to forecast properly the weather or other radical environmental phenomenon causing disaster of Sundarbans. After a long survey and study, some logical suggestions have also been made. To protect Sundarbans, all management work should be taken for development and preservation. To do this first of all we need to protect the management staffs that are engaged in the protection of Sundarbans. Then it is expected that the condition of the forest will be improved. Proper community involvement should be made in order to eradicate piracy and other activities detrimental to the Sundarbans, such as indiscriminate felling of trees, and killing of tigers, deer, and other animals including water resources. Finally, for, Environmental Impact Assessment of Development Activities in the Sundarbans. The sustainable management of the forest the study proposes to carry out the recommendation made in the thesis.