Jayashree Nandi, TNN Oct 9, 2012, 06.01PM IST
(Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister…)
Activists at the ongoing Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), Conference of the Parties (COP) 11 at Hyderabad on Tuesday drew governments' attention to the massive transformation taking place in the east and west coast of India.
For example, 15 proposed power plants (25GW), 6 captive ports and 6 mega shipyards are coming up in a small stretch of 150 km of coastal Maharashtra. This according to them will expose the coast's inter-tidal areas and adjoining waters to thermal pollution, directly affecting near shore biodiversity and fisheries
Andhra Pradesh (AP) is proposing 10 new ports, 15 new thermal power projects and several other power plants with undisclosed locations. AP also has 70 SEZs proposed in 15 districts, including a staggering 5 million acres in a coastal corridor that will include airports, sea ports, ship-breaking, pharmaceutical, petrochemical, information technology, apparel units and captive thermal power stations.
"None of the Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) of existing power plants takes into account the issues around thermal pollution of sea water; nor do existing policies make cumulative impact assessments mandatory. These are serious gaps, considering that immigration and emigration of fish and shellfish species can have significant impact of traditional fishing grounds, adversely affecting a large number of species with narrow range of temperature tolerance," they said in a press statement.
On the occasion of the CBD COP 11, India can announce significant steps to curtail this kind of reckless development, and to ensure the conservation of marine and coastal biodiversity. This will need at least the following:
The consortium of NGOs which include Bombay Natural History Society, National Coastal Protection Campaign, Dakshin Foundation, PondyCAN, Kalpavriksh, ICSF Trust and Greenpeace India is demanding a clear Policy on Coastal and Marine Conservation and Livelihood Security.
Some of their demands are:
Prohibiting or regulating development projects in coastal and marine areas, avoiding any biodiversity-damaging and livelihood-displacing projects.
Empowering traditional coastal communities, especially through clear tenurial rights, to maintain their conservation-oriented traditional practices and to have a central voice in decisions affecting the coastal and marine areas;
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