Developing a rapid needs assessment framework for fishing communities Marianne Manuel, Tanya Koshy, Samyuktha Rao, Fathima Husain, Naveen Namboothri Considering the large economic contribution and the employment and livelihood opportunities that the fishing sector generates, there is an immediate need to focus on improving the lives of the coastal fisher communities. However, the diffuse and…
Strengthening community participation in coastal governance in the Andaman and Nicobar islands Marianne Manuel, Aarthi Sridhar, Naveen Namboothri The Island Protection Zone Notification 2011 (IPZ 2011) is the first notification published by the Ministry of Environmental and Climate Change of the Government of India, covering the archipelagos of the Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.…
Support to the National Coastal Protection Campaign Marianne Manuel The NCPC is a national network of fish worker unions and representatives from environmental and social justice-focused organisations including NGOs and legal, research, media and civil society groups. Formed by the National Fishworker Forum (NFF) in 2007 and still under its leadership, the NCPC emerged in…
Communicating environmental laws: development of outreach material Aarthi Sridhar, Marianne Manuel India’s environmental laws and policies such as the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification (2011), the Environmental Protection Act (1986), the Wildlife Protection Act (1972), the Environmental Impact Assessment Notification (2006) and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers [Recognition of Forest Rights] Act (2006), to name but…
Empowering local fisher governance institutions for coastal regulation and management Aarthi Sridhar, Marianne Manuel, Arundhati Jagadish India abounds with legislation that regulates and manages activities in its coastal spaces. However, there is little room for coastal and fisher communities to participate in the design, operation and implementation of these legal frameworks. After years of persistent campaigns…
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…
