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Lakshadweep Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 2012 333333333333333333333333
Lakshadweep Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 2012 333333333333333333333333 LAKSHADWEEP ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE (LAPCC) UNION TERRITORY OF LAKSHADWEEP i SUPPORTED BY UNDP Lakshadweep Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 LAKSHADWEEP ACTION PLAN ON CLIMATE CHANGE (LAPCC) Department of Environment and Forestry Union Territory of Lakshadweep Supported by UNDP ii Lakshadweep Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 Foreword 2012 Climate Change (LAPCC) iii Lakshadweep Action Plan on Lakshadweep Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 Acknowledgements 2012 Climate Change (LAPCC) iv Lakshadweep Action Plan on Lakshadweep Action Plan on Climate Change 2012 CONTENTS FOREWORD .......................................................................................................................................... III ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................. XIII PART A: CLIMATE PROFILE .............................................................................................................. 1 1 LAKSHADWEEP - AN OVERVIEW ............................................................................................. 2 1.1 Development Issues and Priorities .............................................................................................................................. 3 1.2 Baseline Scenario of Lakshadweep ............................................................................................................................ -
Islands, Coral Reefs, Mangroves & Wetlands In
Report of the Task Force on ISLANDS, CORAL REEFS, MANGROVES & WETLANDS IN ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS For the Eleventh Five Year Plan 2007-2012 Government of India PLANNING COMMISSION New Delhi (March, 2007) Report of the Task Force on ISLANDS, CORAL REEFS, MANGROVES & WETLANDS IN ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS For the Eleventh Five Year Plan (2007-2012) CONTENTS Constitution order for Task Force on Islands, Corals, Mangroves and Wetlands 1-6 Chapter 1: Islands 5-24 1.1 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 5-17 1.2 Lakshwadeep Islands 18-24 Chapter 2: Coral reefs 25-50 Chapter 3: Mangroves 51-73 Chapter 4: Wetlands 73-87 Chapter 5: Recommendations 86-93 Chapter 6: References 92-103 M-13033/1/2006-E&F Planning Commission (Environment & Forests Unit) Yojana Bhavan, Sansad Marg, New Delhi, Dated 21st August, 2006 Subject: Constitution of the Task Force on Islands, Corals, Mangroves & Wetlands for the Environment & Forests Sector for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007- 2012). It has been decided to set up a Task Force on Islands, corals, mangroves & wetlands for the Environment & Forests Sector for the Eleventh Five-Year Plan. The composition of the Task Force will be as under: 1. Shri J.R.B.Alfred, Director, ZSI Chairman 2. Shri Pankaj Shekhsaria, Kalpavriksh, Pune Member 3. Mr. Harry Andrews, Madras Crocodile Bank Trust , Tamil Nadu Member 4. Dr. V. Selvam, Programme Director, MSSRF, Chennai Member Terms of Reference of the Task Force will be as follows: • Review the current laws, policies, procedures and practices related to conservation and sustainable use of island, coral, mangrove and wetland ecosystems and recommend correctives. -
Agatti Island, UT of Lakshadweep
Socioeconomic Monitoring for Coastal Managers of South Asia: Field Trials and Baseline Surveys Agatti Island, UT of Lakshadweep Project completion Report: NA10NOS4630055 Project Supervisor : Vineeta Hoon Site Coordinators: Idrees Babu and Noushad Mohammed Agatti team: Amina.K, Abida.FM, Bushra M.I, Busthanudheen P.K, Hajarabeebi MC, Hassan K, Kadeeshoma C.P, Koyamon K.G, Namsir Babu.MS, Noorul Ameen T.K, Mohammed Abdul Raheem D A, Shahnas beegam.k, Shahnas.K.P, Sikandar Hussain, Zakeer Husain, C.K, March 2012 This volume contains the results of the Socioeconomic Assessment and monitoring project supported by IUCN/ NOAA Prepared by: 1. The Centre for Action Research on Environment Science and Society, Chennai 600 094 2. Lakshadweep Marine Research and Conservation Centre, Kavaratti island, U.T of Lakshadweep. Citation: Vineeta Hoon and Idrees Babu, 2012, Socioeconomic Monitoring and Assessment for Coral Reef Management at Agatti Island, UT of Lakshadweep, CARESS/ LMRCC, India Cover Photo: A reef fisherman selling his catch Photo credit: Idrees Babu 2 Table of Contents Executive Summary 7 Acknowledgements 8 Glossary of Native Terms 9 List of Acronyms 10 1. Introduction 11 1.1 Settlement History 11 1.2 Dependence on Marine Resources 13 1.3 Project Goals 15 1.4 Report Chapters 15 2. Methodology of Project Execution 17 2.1 SocMon Workshop 17 2.2 Data Collection 18 2.3 Data Validation 20 3. Site Description and Island Infrastructure 21 3.1 Site description 23 3.2. Community Infrastructure 25 4. Community Level Demographics 29 4.1 Socio cultural status 29 4.2 Land Ownership 29 4.3 Demographic characteristics 30 4.4 Household size 30 4.5. -
Marine Fisheries Information Service
CORE Metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk Provided by CMFRI Digital Repository V. MARINE FISHERIES INFORMATION SERVICE SPECIAL rSSlJE ON LAKSHADWEEP 71° 72 .» CHETLAT BITRA 0 'J» KIUTAN ^KADMAT rhinakara, ^ *>•> j'/ Bangarairy,S> ,'' / K<3lP'* '.2 , ^KAVARATTI Suheli valiakara. Suheli cheriakard LAKSHADWEEP GROUP OF ISLANDS Names of inhabited islands Q\% written inronnan letters and uninhabited in ifalics 71' No, 68 1986 ECOLOGICAL STRESS IN MINICOY LAGOON AND IT'S IMPACT ON TUNA LIVE-BAITS C. S. Gopinadha Pillai and Madan Mohan Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute, Cochin Introduction observed during the present observation. Pillai et al., 1984 explained this as due to relative absence of hving Pioneering works on the faunal composition and habitats by way of dens and crevices at the protected exploitation of tuna live-baits of Lakshadweep, espe side. cially of Minicoy Island are those of Jones (1958, 1960a, The lagoon possesses two ecologically distinct habi 1960b, 1964a) Jones and Kumaran (1980) and Thomas tats, viz, coral shoals and sand flats (Pillai, 1971). The (1964b). subsequently Pillai (1971a, 1971b, 1983 and former provides habitat for many important live-baits 1985) and Nair and Pillai (1972) have described the belonging to the families Pomacentridae and Apogoni- microhabitats, distribution of corals, ecological stress dae and form the traditional site of live-bait fishery. and primary production in the Minicoy lagoon, a major The southern half of the lagoon has a vast sand flat habitat for live-baits. Though, Jones (1964) listed 45 with smaller shoals and live coral isolate. The arbores species of reef associated fishes divided among 18 fami cent corals of the genus Acropora once dominated in lies from Lakshadweep which are used as live-baits, this area. -
Odam – the Quintessential Sewn Boat of India Odam – L’Essence Du Bateau Cousu De L’Inde
Archaeonautica L’archéologie maritime et navale de la préhistoire à l’époque contemporaine 20 | 2018 De re navali : Pérégrinations nautiques entre Méditerranée et océan Indien Odam – the quintessential sewn boat of India Odam – L’essence du bateau cousu de l’Inde Lotika Varadarajan Electronic version URL: http://journals.openedition.org/archaeonautica/594 DOI: 10.4000/archaeonautica.594 ISSN: 2117-6973 Publisher CNRS Éditions Printed version Date of publication: 6 December 2018 Number of pages: 209-221 ISBN: 978-2-271-12263-6 ISSN: 0154-1854 Electronic reference Lotika Varadarajan, « Odam – the quintessential sewn boat of India », Archaeonautica [Online], 20 | 2018, Online since 30 April 2020, connection on 30 April 2020. URL : http://journals.openedition.org/ archaeonautica/594 ; DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/archaeonautica.594 Archaeonautica ODAM – THE QUINTESSENTIAL SEWN BOAT OF INDIA Lotika VARADARAJAN Abstract ODAM – l’ESSENCE DU BATEAU COUSU DE L’INDE The article opens with a preliminary introduction to the trade Résumé routes that existed in antiquity and the role of Indian trade as L’article s’ouvre sur une introduction relative aux routes commer- regards these routes. India could have played a passive role and ciales de l’Antiquité et sur le rôle tenu par le commerce indien au sein allowed foreign merchants to handle her commerce. This did de ces routes. L’Inde aurait pu jouer un rôle passif et ainsi permettre not happen as the sub-continent had the wherewithal to play aux commerçants étrangers de gérer son commerce. Cela ne s’est an effective role. This article will concentrate on the ships that pas produit car le sous-continent avait les moyens de jouer un rôle de handled this trade. -
Marine Turtles of Lakshadweep Islands, India
We know keeping hatchlings for a day or two in understand these failings, and be more proactive tanks robs them of their natural inclination to swim about using the knowledge that we possess, be it offshore, yet the hatchery continues to do so. In traditional, technical or scientific for the better other cases it concerns the use of metal enclosures: common goal, and let’s see a reversal in the decline we know metal cages confuse hatchlings, yet many of today’s sea turtle populations in our present hatcheries continue to employ them. Let’s all lifetime. Marine Turtles Of Lakshadweep Islands, India Basudev Tripathy, B.C. Choudhury and Kartik Shanker Wildlife Institute of India, P. O. Box # 18, Chandrabani, Dehradun – 248 001, Uttaranchal, India. Email: [email protected] Introduction Study area Five of the seven species of sea turtles viz. olive The Lakshadweep Islands are irregularly scattered in ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea), green turtle the Arabian Sea between 80 to 120 30’ north latitude (Chelonia mydas), hawksbill (Eretmochelys and between 710 to 740 east longitudes. There are 36 imbricata), leatherback turtle (Dermochelys islands (see map) including 12 tolls, 3 reefs and 5 coriacea) and loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) are submerged banks covering an area of 32 km2 land, reported to occur in Indian waters (Kar & Bhaskar, 4200 km2 of lagoon and 40,000 km2 of oceanic zone. 1982). The first survey of sea turtles in Among the 36 islands, only 10 are inhabited and the Lakshadweep was conducted during 1976 (Bhaskar rest are seasonally inhabited or uninhabited islands 1978a&b, 1979a&b). -
1 Government of India Lakshadweep Administration (DEPARTMENT OF
THE LAKSHADWEEP GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY 1 VOL. LVI. No. 28 THURSDAY 15th OCTOBER, 2020 / 23rd ASVINA, 1942 (SAKA) Government of India Lakshadweep Administration (DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST) Kavaratti Island, Dated : 14-10-2020. NOTIFICATION F.No. 2/22/2020-E&F:- The Administrator, Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration is pleased to publish the Lakshadweep Forest Code-2020 of the Department of Environment and Forest, Union Territory of Lakshadweep Administration and is declared as the Official Forest Code of the department with effect from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. This is issued with the approval of Hon’ble Administrator vide Diary No. 1752, dated 07-10-2020. Sd/- (DAMODHAR A.T., IFS) Secretary, Environment & Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden. LGP.Kvt. G-1389/10 -20/50 PRICE: 75 PAISE 2 THE LAKSHADWEEP GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY CHAPTER – I ORGANISATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND FOREST 1 – GENERAL 1.1 Introduction Natural ecosystems are a dynamic ecosystem consisting of plants, animals & microorganisms safeguarding the ecological security of the nation. It provides various ecosystem services essential for the very survival of the human beings. The aim of the Department of Environment & Forest in UT of Lakshadweep is department and services ensure environmental stability and maintenance of ecological balance including atmospheric equilibrium which are vital for sustenance ofall life forms, human, animals and plants. This policy will be instrumental in strengthening ecological security, sustainable ecological management, and participatory management. This also ensures to safeguard the ecological and livelihood security of people, of the present and future generations, based on sustainable management of the ecosystem services thereby the stability of the fragile eco-systems. -
District Census Handbook, Lakshadweep, Part XIII a & B, Series-30
CENSUS OF INDIA 1981 SERIES - 30 LAKSHADWEEP DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK PARTS XIII - A & B VILLAGE & TOWN DIRECTORY VILLAGE & TOWN WISE PRIMARY CENSUS ABSTRACT LAKSHADWEEP DISTRICT P. M. NAIR OF THE INDIAN ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE D!RECTOR OF CENSUS OPERATIONS, LAKSHADWEEP 10' fl' j ••I POSITION Of lAKSHAOWEEP IN INDIA, 1981 Boundary,lnterliiltl:::n;i1 _'_o_ Boundary, St;ue/Union Terntory Capital of Indl' CapItal of St?tc/Union Territory. • • Jl' Kd(')metrcs 100 200 100 400 2" 2; BAY o F BENGAL ARABIAN It S 12 A The administrative heldquill8rs of Chandlgarh. Haryana and Punjab are at Chand,garh G. O•• o. GOA, DIIM",N • DIU PON(JICHERAY ; N D 1 A -~; 0 C E A N N ~!~~A: I ! 72· Euc 0' Greenwlth ,0' ,.. ,,' lue" upo" Surit)' of '"dl, map with tht permlmon 01 tht 5",.....yor G,nerll 01 India Th, bO.,l'.Glry of Htlhalaya '''own on thh ma, II at IIUtrprtt.cl from the Hon"'Euurn Ar ... (~Dor,anlucIO') Ace. It71, but tin yet to tt ..... r!f1.d l~. te'rltor,.1 ""attn .,f Indl. II'Xltnd 'I'ItO tM It. to I cllJtll'lce 0' twl'''' rtlutlc.l_lI .. _ro .rom th ••pproprllte b .... lin .. CONTENTS Page FOREWORD v PREFACE vii IMPORTANT STATISTICS Xl ANALYTICAL NOTE 1-47 The 1981 Census 1 Concepts of 1981 Census I Geological forma tion of the Islands 3 Brief history of the district 3 History of District Census Handbook 4 Present Administra live set up 4 Scope of VilLlge Directory. Town Directory and Primary Census Abstract 5 Climate 5 General Fauna and Flora 6 Social and cultural characteris tics 6 Major economic characteristics and development activities 9 -
20 Year Perspective Plan for Tourism Development In
20 YEAR PERSPECTIVE PLAN FOR TOURISM DEVELOPMENT IN LAKSHADWEEP ISLANDS (FINAL REPORT) Prepared for DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM GOVERNMENT OF INDIA NEW DELHI JANUARY 2003 TATA ECONOMIC CONSULTANCY SERVICES VI-A, ELDORADO, 112, NUNGAMBAKKAM HIGH ROAD CHENNAI - 600 034 CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE TITLE NO. NO. – EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1-28 I INTRODUCTION 1-10 II DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS AND ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES 1-8 III THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR 1-19 IV OTHER PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE 1-12 V PRESENT TOURISM SCENARIO IN THE ISLANDS 1-23 VI HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT 1-5 VII TOURISM DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND 1-72 PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME VIII ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES 1-13 IX ECONOMIC BENEFITS 1-4 X MARKET DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY 1-7 XI FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS 1-6 XII PROJECT BRIEFS 1-32 i.exe EXHIBITS EXHIBIT PAGE TITLE NO. NO. 2.1 LIST OF ISLANDS / ISLETS IN THE C.D. BLOCKS 7 2.2 POPULATION DISTRIBUTION AND OTHER RELATED 8 FACTORS 8.1 ENVIRONMENT MATRIX - POWER GENERATION 9 8.2 ENVIRONMENT MATRIX - PORT ACTIVITIES 10 8.3 ENVIRONMENT MATRIX - TOURISM 11 8.4 ENVIRONMENT MATRIX - PWD 12 8.5 ENVIRONMENT MATRIX - PRINTING 13 i.exe EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND 1. The central theme of the development process as envisaged in this Perspective Plan is to promote tourism potential as comprehensive as possible in the next span of 20 years. The basic premises under which the Tourism Perspective Plan is prepared and presented in this report involved: To identify and develop tourism assets in the islands in an optimum manner such that these can be enjoyed by both domestic and international markets and also in a manner that brings substantial benefits to the economy. -
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NEWS AND NOTES A Comprehension on Coral Atolls of the Remote Lakshadweep, Arabian Sea, Indian Ocean – Tapas Kumar Mallik, Retd. Director, Geol. Surv. India, Kolkata (Email: tkmallik@ rediffmail.com) The Lakshadweep are least studied coral atoll group situated crater of a sunken volcano. The atoll surrounds a body of water in the northern part of the Laccadive-Chagos ridge at a distance called a lagoon. One or more channels connect the lagoon to the of 200-300 km from the west coast of India. The ridge is a open sea. continuation of the Aravalli Mountains and the islands are the Growth of coral will require clear shallow water with a remnants of submerged mountain cliffs. They lie between latitude particular temperature. Corals are formed by tiny lime secreting 80-140N and longitude 710-740E. The islands cover an area of only animal growing in millions in different shapes like branching 32 km2 and Kavaratti is the capital of the Lakshadweep group of trees, large domes, small irregular crusts, or tiny organ pipes. islands. The atolls have formed on the Lakshadweep-Chagos ridge. According to Menard (1986) plate tectonics is the key to under- There are 11 major islands and lagoons (Kavaratti, Kalpeni, Agatti, stand the creation, distribution and history of the islands. Chetlat, Bitra, Kiltan, Kadmat, Amini, Bangaram, Suheli, Other important features which play a major role are changes in Minicoy), 4 submerged reefs (Baliapani, Cheriapani, Perumalpar, sea level. Androth) and 5 banks (Bassas de Pedro, Sessostris, Coradivh, Islands in most of the atolls are situated on eastern leeward Aminipitti, Elikalpeni). -
Live - Bait Resources of Lakshadweep
Live - bait Resources of Lakshadweep The vast lagoon systems and the shallow areas adjacent to the reefs of the Lakshadweep provide ideal habitat for a variety of tuna bait fishes. Till date focussed studies such as exploratory survey on these non-target species in and around these islands is wanting. CMFRI has initiated a programme to investigate the resources and biology of tuna live-baits in the Union Terri tory of Lakshadweep. Pole and line fishing with live-bait is the prime method employed in the Lakshadweep islands for catching skipjack LAKSHADWEEP GROUP OF tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis. ISLANDS Pole and line fishery essentially involves a double approach, aim ing at target species — tunas, i and also the non-target species — bait fishes. It has recently PManfolort been discussed in the FAO meeting of tuna fishery of the Chorbaniani or \ :'"> Baliapaniyam Roof \ Indian Ocean that the major li"' \ INDIA avenue for the bordering, .... Byramgoro or \ developing nations to exploit , '> Choriyopaniyom Root «*. the resources of skipjack ", Bitra .;! Chotlol Ny tuna in their regions without large investments in advanced j\ Kit tan \ Poromvl Par ^ ,y) \ fishing equipments is through \ :j' !JJ;'Xodmat the use of pole and line fishing Tinnokara --•-.;> f^Amini technique. In India, this method Bantaro.pi *.,.- . ' /7? roraii ,i4»"» i.. » < f' *,..• -C^H-n Androth is in vogue in an organised man oPit l fagotti " ^~~^ ner only in the Lakshadweep Kalpatti /lk>Kavarotti group of islands, which consists of twentyseven islands and a ,-•<, Suholi Vollyotora SfcChoriyom number of sunken banks, open -•>/' f>it>i£,irrf Suholi Chorlyokoro THaUem-'YKalponi reefs and sand banks. -
Storage of Solar Power for Micro Grids in the Islands of Andaman
Storage of Solar power for Micro Grids in the Islands of Andaman & Nicobar, as well as Lakshadweep JOINT ELECTRICITY REGULATORY COMMISSION For the State of Goa and Union Territories These are Renewable Energy deficient areas (poor Capacity Utilization Factor & Low Solar Insolation). Further, these areas mostly being Coastal /Islands are tourist attraction and are having land constraint for Ground Mounted Solar Installation. Details of various areas under the jurisdiction of this Commission are: Sl. Location Latitude Longitude Remarks 1. Andaman & Nicobar 11.68° N 92.77° E Islands, Not Connected to National Grid, 1000 Kms from Mainland, Tourists place. The Power is Generated by Diesel and is thus very expensive. 2. Lakashadweep 10° 00' N 73.00° E Islands, Not Connected to National Grid, 300 Kms. from Mainland Tourists place. The Power is Generated by Diesel and is thus very expensive. Other Territories under the Jurisdiction of the Commission 3. Goa 15.4989° N 73.8278° E Coastal, Tourists Place 4. Chandigarh 30.75° N 76.78° E Non Coastal, Small Area, Pollution free area 5. Dadra & Nagar Haveli 20.27° N 73.02° E Highly Industrialized 95% Power Consumption by Industry, Highest Per Capita Power Consumption in India because of Industry 6.a Daman 20° 25' N 72°.53° E Coastal, High concentration of Industry 6.b Diu 20° 42' N 71.01° E Tourists Place, Coastal 7.a Puducherry- Puducherry 11.93° N 79.83° E Tourists, Coastal 7.b Karaikal- Puducherry 10° 55' N 79. 52° E Tourists, Coastal 7.c Mahe- Puducherry 11.7011° N 75.5367° E Tourists, Coastal 7.d Yanam- Puducherry 16.7333° N 82.25° E Tourists, Coastal The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC) is pushing for Solar Roof Tops in all the seven territories.