The Study of the Influence of Betel Leaf Cultivation on Forest Loss in the Teknaf Peninsula, Bangladesh

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  • Tani Masakazu
    Department of Environment and Heritage Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
  • Rahman Zulfikar M.
    Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University
  • Asahiro Kazuo
    Department of Environment and Heritage Design, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

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Other Title
  • バングラデシュ・テクナフ半島における森林消失にみるキンマ栽培の影響

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Rich forests once nurturing wild elephants in the Teknaf Peninsula in Bangladesh have been mostly lost. The cause of this deforestation was not commercial logging or a large-scale development, but the accumulated effects of daily activities by local residents. This paper examines human influences on the forest by cultivation of the betel plant (Piper betel) for its leaves as an important cash crop. This paper (1) analyzes the importance of betel cultivation in local subsistence, (2) evaluates the consumption of forest resources by constructing "pan boroz", the facility in which betel plants are cultivated, and (3) examines the significance of setting up pan boroz in previously forested area through time by recording the date of establishment of all existing pan boroz in field surveys in one village. A result indicates that betel cultivation is crucial for residents surviving in unfavorable conditions for agriculture. As those two ways of betel cultivation affecting the forest are assessed, each factor may contribute to the loss of 5% of the forest area in the village.

Journal

  • 芸術工学研究

    芸術工学研究 16 1-10, 2012-03-30

    Faculty of Design, Kyushu University

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Details 詳細情報について

  • CRID
    1390009224837554560
  • NII Article ID
    120004066021
  • NII Book ID
    AA11392848
  • DOI
    10.15017/21844
  • HANDLE
    2324/21844
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Article Type
    departmental bulletin paper
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • IRDB
    • CiNii Articles
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    Allowed

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