Strengthening the legal framework on Coastal Commons

Strengthening the legal framework on Coastal Commons Aarthi Sridhar The Coastal Regulation Zone, 2011 which is the dominant policy on coastal governance in India, makes a reference to ‘traditional rights and customary uses’ of coastal space by coastal communities, but it does not elaborate on what the terms ‘rights’ and ‘uses’ encompass. Today, India’s coasts…