NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF SHORELINE CHANGE
As coastal populations continue to grow, and community infrastructures are threatened by erosion, there is increased demand for accurate information regarding past and present shoreline changes.
NCSCM is currently involved in the Assessment of Shoreline Change for all the Coastal States of India. Reports have been prepared for Odisha, Kerala, Gujarat and Puducherry
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Welcome to National Centre for Sustainable
Coastal Management (NCSCM) |
The July 2009 Swaminathan Committee Report - “FINAL
FRONTIER” proposed an Agenda to protect the ecosystem
and habitat of India’s coast for conservation and
livelihood security”. Some of the major recommendations
of the Report include |
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Coastal Zone Management approach shall
be based on an integrated approach keeping in view
the diversity of coast
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Development along the coastal stretches
based on the hazard line, taking into consideration
flooding and erosion
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Inclusion of the ocean zone
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Setting up of Institute for Coastal
Zone Management to address the policy and legal
issues
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Address the pollution of coastal areas
and its water in a in a time bound manner
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Identify and map all the coastal eco-sensitive
areas such as mangroves, corals, turtle breeding
areas, etc. areas and protect them
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Develop bioshield along the coastal
stretches
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A separate management
plan for Islands
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| The Committee its Report “Final Frontier” advised
the Ministry to set aside the Notification, but strengthen
the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 1991 by
incorporating various recommendations listed in the
Report |
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Agenda for the Future |
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Introduce measures to greatly strengthen
research and regulatory capacity at all levels
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Emphasis on the need for Institutions
for Coastal Research
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Strengthen current regulatory institutions
at the Centre and at the State for better decision-making
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Recommendations were made for establishing
a new institution for Coastal Zone Management
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the present time, no single institution has such
a “holistic focus” to address these complex coastal
issues – hence the “need to establish” such an
institution assumes great significance
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Introduction to NCSCM |
Based on the above facts, the MoEF in collaboration
with Anna University Chennai established the National
Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management, with the
following primary goals |
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The aim is to create a world class institution
for sustainable coastal management with a strong
research and knowledge base
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Create a Consortium of Institutions in India to strengthen
capacity in multi-disciplinary research related to
coastal management
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Insuguration of National Workshop on ICZM Planning