K. Ravi Pradeep

Eco-Development in the Coastal Zone through Capacity Building and Conservation

Town/RegionCountryCategoriesDate
Nizampatnam Revenue Sub-Division, Guntur District, Andhra PradeshIndiaBiodiversity, Indian Sub-continent, Mangrove11 Apr 2006

Our target area is prone to Natural calamities and the normal life situation is disturbed due to endemic natural disasters. Our area was with thick Mangrove vegetation in early 1990s and the situation has changed to a very great extent owing to degradation of the Mangrove forests for reasons such as:

  • Promoting Salt water aqauaculture
  • Usage of mangroves as fodder for cattle
  • Usage of mangroves for cooking Fuel / fire wood
  • Usage of Mangroves for construction of Hutments / sheds
  • Using mangroves for fencing of various structures.

As our area is with poor Mangrove vegetation SFIRD felt the need for, initially, educating the different stakeholders on the promotion, safeguarding and conservation of the Mangroves. For bringing awareness in the minds of people, it is essential to involve and educate the Women and Youth and the School going age Children. It is with this concept SFIRD requested for the support of RSG.

The present activities includes:

  • Sensitization of different stakeholders through training programmes and workshops in the target area villages.
  • Nursery raising and transplantation of Mangroves in coastal areas where the fresh water canals join the Seashore.
  • Tree Plantation in the Coastal Villages - which serve as the buffer protection.
  • Organising Competitions for the Schoolchildren and youth on environmental issues for eco-development.

For more information, contact: sirdravi@yahoo.com

Final Report

Read more about this findings of this project in the final report below.

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Further Project Update: July 2007

We are implementing development activities in the coastal belt of the Bay-of-Bengal in Guntur, Prakasham and Krishna Districts of Andhra Pradesh, South India. Infact, we approached you with the aforesaid project prior to the Tsunami calamity of December 2004. In July 2005, the grant amount has been realized into our Bank Account and we completed the project with delay of a couple of months. We submitted the final report along with the necesary encloseres and Financial Statement approved by the Chartered Accountant.

At this juncture, we wish to inform you that due to Tsunami the salanity of ground water changed and people are finding it very difficult to get potable drinking water. SFIRD wish to address this basic problem in 23 villages comprising of Traditional Marine Fisher - Folk, Dalits and Converted Christians with the support of RSG. We are in the process of finalizing the data / water needs asessment study with people's participation and will be submitting you the same within the very near future.


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