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Conflicts over shared spaces: fishers and turtles in Orissa

Conflicts over Shared Spaces

Olive ridley turtles are well known for the phenomenon of mass nesting where thousands of sea turtles come ashore simultaneously to nest. Orissa is one of three rookeries worldwide where these spectacular arribadas occur. These turtles are also incidentally killed in trawl and coastal gill nets, resulting in the death of more than 100,000 turtles in the last 10 years. A variety of laws and policy have been adopted towards the protection and conservation of sea turtles. This has led to conflicts over the rights to and use of marine areas between the State, traditional and mechanised fishing communities and sea turtle conservationists. Dakshin members are involved in a project that seeks to understand the ecological, historical and social contexts of this conflict.

Investigators: Sudarshan Rodriguez, Aarthi Sridhar and Kartik Shanker


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