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The concept of climate resilient sustainable livelihoods implies not just what people do in order to live and survive comfortably for a short period of time, but the resources that provide them a long-term benefit for several generations. In order to develop a sustainable climate-resilient livelihood model in the frame work of mangrove dominated Indian Sundarbans, a wide range of relevant data sets have been explored in this chapter considering the physico-chemical features of three major sectors (western, central, and eastern) of Indian Sundarbans like regional, sectoral, rural, and urban employment dynamics, sector-wise ecological profile of Indian Sundarbans (preferably salinity-based spatial variation), sector-wise existing livelihoods in Indian Sundarbans, awareness on climate-resilient mangrove—centric innovative livelihoods, sector-wise Island business model prospects etc. Based on significant spatial variations of salinity (the major driver of biodiversity variation in the region), there exists prominent variation in alternative livelihood profile between the three sectors of Indian Sundarbans that have been depicted in the present chapter with benefit cost analysis befitted for the region.

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  1. Department of Marine Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Abhijit Mitra

  2. Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Sufia Zaman

  3. Department of Oceanography, Techno India University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

    Prosenjit Pramanick

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Mitra, A., Zaman, S., Pramanick, P. (2023). Mangrove-Centric Alternative Livelihoods. In: Climate Resilient Innovative Livelihoods in Indian Sundarban Delta. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-42633-9_4

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