About a decade back I was driving from Puri to Bhubaneswar to Vizag ( I hope I remember correctly). On the way there is the beautiful beach of Gopalpur-on-Sea which has the first Oberoi Hotel. For a stretch there was a beautiful Marine Road, running along the sea. It is picture perfect but for the fact that between the road and the sea there is casuarina plantation, fuly covering the majestic view. Orissa is the place where Olive Ridley turtles nest. I frankly don't know whether this seaside casuarina plantation has hurt their nesting sites. At that time people were not much aware of Oliver Ridly Sea turtles and their nesting sites in Gahiramatha etc. akbhatt
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 1:11 PM, akila balu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *Turtles and Casuarina in Tamil Nadu – An update* > > > The April 2008 issue of Sanctuary carried a report on how World Bank > assisted *Casuarina *shelterbelts along the coast of Tamil Nadu had been > raised right up to the high tide line, eliminating sea turtle nesting > habitat. The Students Sea Turtle Conservation Network (SSTCN) has been > campaigning for over a year to convince the authorities to uproot > plantations growing within 50 m from the high tide line so that sea turtles > can continue to nest on the state's beaches. Thanks to receptive officials > in the World Bank office in New Delhi and in the Tamil Nadu government, > some > reprieve may be in sight for the turtles. > On September 5th the TN government issued a G.O. requesting the Principal > Chief Conservator of Forests of the state to "ensure that the work (of > uprooting the *Casuarina*) is completed well in time before the next > nesting > season in 2008 and to document and monitor the process closely so that the > objective of providing safe nesting sites for the sea turtles is achieved > in > full". Under the order, 67,039 Casuarina saplings planted in 2005-2006 and > 2006-2007 are to be removed. > While this is only a very tiny fraction of the total Casuarina planted > along > 350 km of the state's coastline, conservationists feel that the G.O. is an > enlightened start. Meanwhile, news has come in from Nellore District in > Andhra Pradesh that some agency has planted *Casuarina *right* *up to the > high tide line. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/andamanicobar/ > > <*> Your email settings: > Individual Email | Traditional > > <*> To change settings online go to: > http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/andamanicobar/join > (Yahoo! ID required) > > <*> To change settings via email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://in.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Bhind Road Gwalior. 474 005. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
