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*SAVE THE COASTS! OPPOSE BACKDOOR CHANGES TO COASTAL REGULATION NORMS! * We, the undersigned, strongly oppose the planned move of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), as recently reported in the press, to introduce by July 16, a new, ‘hybrid’ set of coastal regulatory rules which will combine existing regulation and new rules based on the recommendations of the Swaminathan Committee. This is completely unacceptable and we are outraged by what appears to be a brazen attempt by the MoEF to introduce through the backdoor, pro-industry and anti-people coastal reforms that are being bitterly opposed by fishing and other coastal communities, environmental organizations, women’s organizations, trade unions and NGOs. The report of the Swaminathan Committee had recommended that existing coastal regulation be dismantled and the coasts opened up to allow a wide range of economic activities; that ‘no-development zone’ restrictions be lifted in sensitive core areas and that the coastal zone be extended up to 12 nautical miles into the sea to make way for Notified Tourism Areas, Special Economic Zones, mining projects, industrial estates, power plants, ports and harbours. The report was rejected by the people who saw it as facilitating the illegal takeover of coastal land from the poor. It was an attempt to clear the path for unchecked coastal commercialization that did not hesitate to put 10 million fisher people in harm’s way; to destroy fragile and life-sustaining coastal ecosystems, and to significantly increase the potential for global warming and climate change through opening up coastal land for grabs. The irresponsible and scheming recommendations subsequently formed the basis of a Draft Coastal Management Zone (CMZ) 2008 Notification to which objections were invited in May 2008. Several coastal state governments opposed the draft. It was opposed by fishing communities, environmental organizations, women’s organizations, trade unions and NGOs in every coastal state. The recent report submitted by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science, Technology, Environment and Forests clearly recommends that the CMZ 2008 Notification be kept in abeyance. The Parliamentary Panel criticized the Government’s attempt to bring new coastal legislation through an undemocratic and non-participatory process. It has urged the Government to ensure the “inclusion and integration of coastal communities through participative, decision making and control instruments”. The MoEF statement however indicates that while the CMZ 2008 Notification will be kept pending, the existing 1991 Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification to be issued on July 16 will now include the highly objectionable Swaminathan Committee recommendations. This is nothing but bringing the CMZ Notification through the backdoor! Was the public engagement on the issue no more than mere eyewash to manage dissent? We strongly condemn this underhand move of the newly formed UPA Government! Reworking coastal rules to accommodate neo-liberal policies will endanger both the coasts and the lives of 250 million coastal dwellers, including 10 million fisher people. Fisher women, whose main activities are shoreline-based, are already suffering due to violations of existing norms which have allowed exploitative economic activities, like mining, tourism and hazardous industries to mushroom in coastal areas. Fisher women are aware that if coastal policy is amended to legitimize full-scale liberalization, they will have to bear the brunt of the resulting livelihood insecurity, coastal erosion, unavailability of basic services, cultural disintegration as well as increased sexual exploitation. No change to coastal legislation can take place without proper consultations with fishing populations, including women; complete consensus from all coastal states; proper parliamentary discussion and national debate. We therefore reiterate that the only way forward is to: 1. Scrap any moves towards introducing the CMZ 2008 Notification 2. Reject the Swaminathan Committee report recommendations 3. Implement the 1991 CRZ Notification in its original form 4. Immediately identify and punish violations of the original 1991 CRZ Notification 5. Immediately recognize and uphold the traditional and customary rights of fisher people to housing, coastal lands as well as sea and marine resources. - Hide quoted text - 1. Aastha Sansthan, Udaipur 2. Adishakti Lokbikash Sangthan, Patrapur, Gajpati, Orissa 3. Adivasi Adhikar Abhijan Mayurbhanj, Mayurbhanj, Orissa 4. Adivasi Banvasi Kalyan Samiti, Sonbhadra 5. Adivasi Bikash Parisad, Kaptipada, Mayurbhanj, Orissa 6. Adivasi Chetona Manch, Kalahandi, Orissa 7. Adivasi Dalit Adhikar Abhijan Manch, Pallahara, Anugul, Orissa 8. Adivasi Solidarity Council (South India), Tamil Nadu 9. Alter Media, Trichur 10. Anchalik Bikash Parisad, Anugul, Orissa 11. Anchalik Jungle Surakshya Sangthan, Rasgovindpur, Mayurbhanj, Orissa 12. Anchalika Adivasi Unnayan Parishad, Hindol, Dhenkanal, Orissa 13. Ancholia Unnayan Parishad, Phiringia, Kandhamal, Orissa 14. Ancholiko Unnayan Sangh, Dasmonthpur, Koraput, , Orissa 15. Ancholiko Vikas Parisad, Pottangi, Koraput, , Orissa 16. 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Nari Bikash-Women Organisation, Lanjigarh, Kalahandi, Orissa 110. Narmada Bachao Andolan 111. National Adivasi Alliance 112. National Campaign for Dalit Human Rights 113. National coastal womens movement 114. New Socialist Alternative 115. New Trade Union Initative 116. NFFPFW, New Delhi 117. Niyamgiri Surkshya Manch, Kalahandi, Orissa 118. Odisha Adivasi Adhikar Abhijan, Orissa 119. Openspace, Bangalore 120. PAD Vambar Tamilnadu 121. PAD Vambar Tamilnadu 122. Pahadi Sangrami Manch, Kandhamal, Orissa 123. Paryavaran Mitra, Ahmedabad 124. Pathabhedam Magazine, Calicut 125. PEACE, New Delhi 126. People's Institute for Participatory Action Research (PIPAR), Orissa 127. People’s Rural Education Movement (PREM), Orissa 128. Peoples Movement against Nuclear Energy, Tamil nadu 129. Pondichery state fishworkers forum 130. Praktik Paryavaran Sarvardhan Samiti, Jaipur 131. Project level committee, Rayagada, Gajpati, Orissa 132. PUCL, Balia 133. 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