To save the coast
20 years, 1 month ago

To save the coast

The Hindu  

The tsunami has brought to the fore the need for the strict implementation of the Coastal Regulation Zone stipulations. But with the coastal environment changing, the fishing community's natural understanding of the interdependence of their livelihood and the health of the environment may not be easily passed on to the next generation. The CRZ protects natural coastal barriers like reefs, dunes, mangroves, beaches and terrestrial vegetation. In most cases development refers to vast infrastructure projects that include the sort of examples that Andharia classifies as "commercial interests", which would often destroy the existing sustainable livelihoods of local communities. Goenka says: "The biggest problem of the CRZ is non-implementation since the State is not interested in it."

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Coastal mangroves can mitigate tsunami, cyclones, and floods
1 month, 1 week ago

Coastal mangroves can mitigate tsunami, cyclones, and floods

The Hindu  

Coastal mangroves act as bio-shields against natural catastrophic disasters, including cyclones and flooding. In a recent study, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay focused on evaluating how emergent coastal vegetation acts as a natural barrier against the impact of tsunamis. The team included Professor Manasa R. Behera, Department of Civil Engineering and Centre for Climate …

One-third of India’s coasts under erosion threats; Gujarat tops
1 month, 4 weeks ago

One-third of India’s coasts under erosion threats; Gujarat tops

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Over one-third of India’s coastline has been under the threat of erosion in the past three decades. The National Centre for Coastal Research monitored India's coastal areas from 1990 to 2018 through multi-spectral satellite images and ground surveys. This long-term shoreline analysis indicates that Gujarat’s coast is 537.5 Km, followed by Tamil Nadu’s 422.94 km, West Bengal's 323.07 …

Coastal states in Mumbai, Kolkata & four other Indian cities will be underwater by 2030 finds report
3 years, 4 months ago

Coastal states in Mumbai, Kolkata & four other Indian cities will be underwater by 2030 finds report

Firstpost  

Maps show parts of Mumbai, almost the entirety of Navi Mumbai, the coastal areas of Sunderbans, and the surrounding areas of West Bengal’s capital, Kolkata, along with Cuttack in Odisha, may be below tide-level in 2030. Cycles of floods caused by heavy bursts of rainfall and a rise in droughts due to increased evaporation, is potentially what India’s climate future …

The importance of mangroves to protect India’s coast from the adverse effects of climate change
3 years, 8 months ago

The importance of mangroves to protect India’s coast from the adverse effects of climate change

The Hindu  

THE occurrence of two cyclones in consecutive seasons—Cyclone Nisarga in 2020 and cyclone Tauktae in 2021—is highly unusual for the west coast of India but fits in with the warnings of experts. A 2019 report entitled “Flooded Future: Global vulnerability to sea level worse than previously understood” brought out by the American research institute Climate Central predicts that “many of …

India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk
7 years ago

India lost 40% of its mangroves in the last century. And it’s putting communities at risk

The Hindu  

The sight of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, straddling India and Bangladesh, is humbling. An estimated 80% of the global fish catch relies on mangrove forests either directly or indirectly, a 2008 paper in the Journal of Sea Research claims. They found that mangroves stabilise shorelines by slowing erosion and provide natural barriers protecting coastal communities from increased …

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