Support to the Odisha Marine Resources Conservation Consortium (OMRCC) Aarthi Sridhar, Kartik Shanker, Muralidharan M In 2004, Dakshin played an instrumental role in supporting the formation of the Odisha Marine Resources Conservation Consortium, which is a network of Odiya traditional fishworker’s unions, conservation organisations, development NGOs, sea-turtle biologists and others interested in sea turtle conservation…
The 11th COP to the Convention on Biological Diversity and beyond Marianne Manuel, Mahima Jaini, Sahir Advani, Aarthi Sridhar Over 160 countries are signatories to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), which is an agreement dating from 5th June, 1992, that legally binds governments to protect their natural resources. The CDB sets forth guidelines and…
Tracing transformations in fishing technologies in Odisha Arundhati Jagadish, Muralidharan M, Aarthi Sridhar The evolution in fishing technologies, interventions and innovations along the national coastline offers insight not only into the history of India’s fisheries but also a roadmap for the formulation of better marine conservation laws and regulatory frameworks for fisheries management. For instance,…
Communicating information on fisheries subsidies to small-scale fishers in Karnataka Aarthi Sridhar, Arundhati Jagadish, Sajan John The dominant global discourse on subsidies in fisheries focuses primarily on the large-scale mechanised fishing sector. This discourse links fisheries subsidies to a number of adverse impacts such as resource over-exploitation, environmental destruction, and social and economic distortions. In contrast, there…
Representing knowledge: Local ecological knowledge (LEK) and natural resource governance in India Aarthi Sridhar, Meera Oomen India abounds not only in biodiversity but also in communities dependent on natural resources. These communities have forged unique relationships with their specific ecosystems such as forests, oceans, rivers, coasts, etc. over many generations and derived both sustenance and livelihoods…
Minerals from the sea Adam Jadhav, Aarthi Sridhar Recent years have seen a growing national and international interest in extraction of mineral resources from the deep sea. However, scant understanding of deep sea ecosystems make mining in these areas potentially hazardous to both ecologies and traditional fishing livelihoods. Fishing communities face restricted access to fishing grounds…
The emergence of ‘essential’ coastal activities in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu Devayani Khare, Marianne Manuel, Aarthi Sridhar Marine and coastal regions around the world are hotbeds of entrepreneurial activities and competing claims. Here, multiple actors with varying levels of resources and power such as the energy, manufacturing, trade, tourism and industrial lobbies on one hand, and small…
Governance and leadership in fishing communities in Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu Marianne Manuel, Aarthi Sridhar The demand for decentralisation of governance and inclusive policy-making has been made repeatedly by civil society organisations for several decades with only a few halting steps of progress in this direction. Today, there are both internal as well as international…