REEF LOG: an underwater citizen science programme for monitoring India’s marine ecosystems Tanmay Wagh, Kartik Shanker, Naveen Namboothri Professional researcher-based ecological monitoring is often highly expensive, logistically demanding and patchy in space and time. Underwater monitoring programmes should cover as many if not all components of the system, including the important coral, herbivore, carnivore and…
Monitoring and conservation of leatherback turtles and their habitats in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Adhith Swaminathan, Kartik Shanker Very little is known about the status of leatherback populations from Indian waters, barring work by ANET on Great Nicobar Island in the early 2000s, and the surveys conducted by the CES, Dakshin and ANET on…
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…
Fishing fads and the future of Lakshadweep’s livelihoods By Mahima Jaini We had been out at sea for 12 hours, battling the scorching sun, searching the seemingly empty sea for signs of tuna. With only a meager 100 fish in a boat that can hold 1000s, it was no surprise that we were headed to…
The CRZ 2011’s DLCs: lip-service or legitimate community representation? By Marianne Manuel The coasts today are mired in conflict; conflict involving some combination of local communities, industry and the state. The most commonly used tool to resolve such conflict is the law. But can a law created solely by one party to the conflict effectively…
Long Term Ecological Observatories (LTEO) Tanmay Wagh, Adhith Swaminathan, Esha Gokhale, Kartik Shanker and Naveen Namboothri Researchers: Tanmay Wagh, Adhith Swaminathan, Esha Gokhale, Kartik Shanker and Naveen Namboothri Collaborators: Dr. Elrika D’Souza and Dr. Rohan Arthur (NCF) and Dr. S. Venu (Pondicherry University) Funding: Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MOEF&CC), Govt. of India.…
