CAGI, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (2022) Report of the comptroller and auditor general of India on conservation of coastal ecosystems. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India.
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Coastal areas comprise some of the most dynamic natural ecosystems of our planet, where three main components—the hydrosphere, the lithosphere, and the atmosphere—meet and interact, forming interconnected systems. Coastal ecosystems including marshes, mangroves, near-shore coral reefs, seagrass beds, sandy beaches and dunes provide numerous benefits like livelihood through fisheries, protection from sea surges/cyclones. These benefits have ensured that demographic pressures on coastal resources have increased over the past several decades: 38 percent of the world’s population lives within 100 km of the coast. Recognising the significance of life under water, the United Nations included SDG 14, aims at conserving and sustainably using the oceans, seas and marine resources, to be achieved by all the member countries of UN SDG 14. India, with a coastline of about 7516 kms, is one among the 12 mega biodiversity countries and 25 hotspots of the richest and highly endangered eco regions of the world. Coastal regions of India provide home to 13.36% of the people of the country and thus place tremendous pressure on the resources along the coast. There are nine coastal states in the country, namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal. The nodal institutions at the national level, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), and Ministry of Earth Sciences along with various stakeholder ministries and other key scientific and research bodies all over India has been entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the coast and the fragile coastal resources and ensuring their sustainable use. The most significant among these is the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification in 1991, 2011 and 2019 promulgated by MoEF&CC. This is the overarching legislation for management of activities in Indian coastal space. Thus, evaluation of enforcement and implementation of this zonation mechanism is central to the assessment of Government measures to protect the coastal ecosystems.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Coastal Areas, Coastal Ecosystem, Coral Reefs, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal, Gujarat, Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Vivek D ICSF |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Oct 2023 08:46 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Oct 2023 08:46 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/19965 |
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