Mangroves scheme in limbo as panel yet to hold first meet

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe fate of revised National Strategic Action Plan (NSAP) for mangroves for the future hangs in the balance as the committee of experts appointed by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) are yet to hold its first meeting.Meenakshi Datta Ghosh, country representative of International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) mentioned on the sidelines of the National Consultation on Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation in India, here, that the National Strategic Action Plan for mangroves for the future came into existence in 2007 and it is due for revision before the Conference of Parties 11 Biodiversity Meet in Hyderabad, to be held from October.“But till now, the committee of experts set up by the Ministry of Environment and Forests are yet to conduct their first meeting to finalise this revision,” Ghosh said.The review has to focus on categorisation of different flora and fauna along the 8,000 km coastline.It will provide linkages between this categorisation and dependents of local population on the produces, services and land from the coastal area, she said.Ghosh also said the proposal on ‘red listing’ of species in accordance with International Union for Conservation of Nature guidelines has been developed and will be forwarded to the Central Zoological Authority and Botanical society of India (BSI).It will be implemented in partnership with Zoological Authority of India, BSI and International Union for Conservation of Nature.first published:August 19, 2012, 08:45 ISTlast updated:August 19, 2012, 08:45 IST 
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