Confronting the Blue Revolution
Saidul Islam
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Description for Confronting the Blue Revolution
Paperback. In Confronting the Blue Revolution, Md Saidul Islam uses the shrimp farming industry in Bangladesh and across the global South to show the social and environmental impact of industrialized aquaculture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7 figures, 1 map. BIC Classification: JFCV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Like the Green Revolution of the 1960s, a “Blue Revolution” has taken place in global aquaculture. Geared towards quenching the appetite of privileged consumers in the global North, it has come at a high price for the South: ecological devastation, displacement of rural subsistence farmers, and labour exploitation. The uncomfortable truth is that food security for affluent consumers depends on a foundation of social and ecological devastation in the producing countries.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9781442614406
SKU
V9781442614406
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-36
About Saidul Islam
Md Saidul Islam is an assistant professor in the Division of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
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