Abstract:
The ecological balance became disturbed due to the severe interference of human
beings. The resultant is very scaring and every year the rise of temperature, high
speed cyclones are affecting the present and future generations and the resources.
From 2019 onwards India is experiencing significant climate changes related to
flooding, drought, extreme heat, cyclones, mudslides and severe monsoons in various
regions and states. With a massive and growing population, growing consumption by
middle class, India is facing severe catastrophe in 2020 in terms of low economy
along with this pandemic situation (COVID-19). Indian government under Paris
Climate agreement in the G20 has undertaken various commitments to reduce
carbon emission and reconstruct the lost ecological balance to restore a sustainable
future. With in various commitments the government has taken decisive steps in
creating an enabling policy for business, investment and entrepreneurship sector. So
eco-entrepreneurship trends can be noticed in India that are transforming profitable
business models starting from agricultural diversities, irrigation, sericulture and
restoration of forests & rehabilitation of endangered species. Restoration of natural
ecosystem and establishing profitable enterprise can be observed in Sunderban areas
of West Bengal. This paper focuses on the honey collectors and sellers especially
women with their male partners’ who established eco-friendly enterprise under
various SHGs. This study provides case studies related to an organization
“Sunderban Foundation” that intervened in this enterprise to make it profitable and
eco-friendly for the dwellers of the Sunderban areas especially in Balidweep of
Gasaba Block.
Description:
Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship/ Edited by Rajeev Sharma, Sunil Shukla, Amit Kumar Dwivedi & Ganapathi Batthini
