Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

INTEGRATED COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT: AN INDIAN PERSPECTIVE- A REVIEW

Ajit B. Telave and Sourabh R. Chandankar

Abstract

Coastal Zones in India are unique providing several ecolonomic resources to the stakeholders at diverse levels from the local inhabitants to the State and the Central Governments. These various resources are extracted by the end users as and when needed. In India there is no concrete mechanism for the conservation and management of these recourses at large scale with some exceptions. Therefore, it is a need of hour to identify and implement some unique strategies and policies for the conservation of this unique flora and fauna including the land areas. Integrated Coastal Zone Management is an important mechanism for the protection of all these coastal resources whereby the implementation of strategies at large scale incorporating all the end users is possible. The Government of India has attempted initiatives on some of the states but its implementation throughout the coasts of India is essential.