[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 08 to 12 October 2012

Vie Oct 12 00:19:19 PDT 2012

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Dear Subscriber,

Please find attached ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 08 to 12 October 2012.

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Meghalaya:  Meghalaya imports fish as demand outstrips supply*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-07/guwahati/34305588_1_fish-production-national-level-population-growth

Shillong: The per capita availability of fish in the state has declined "as
a result of the high population growth and stagnation in production".
Meghalaya has registered the highest population growth rate in the country
as per the latest census report. In fact, the internal demand for fish
outweighs the supply, making the state import fish from Andhra Pradesh...

*Bihar: Fish output to go up 5.4L tonnes in 5 years*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-09/patna/34342042_1_fish-production-fish-imports-fish-output

Patna: The state government has drawn up an ambitious programme to achieve
self-sufficiency in fish production and allied issues like marketing,
training and subsidy in order to benefit from abundant aquatic resources.
At present, fish production in Bihar is abysmally short of demand and it
has to depend on imports from other states...
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Andhra Pradesh: Fishermen’s hamlets under threat of erosion due to rising
sea levels: survey *
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/fishermens-hamlets-under-threat-of-erosion-due-to-rising-sea-levels-survey/article3935055.ece

The survey found that 95 villages did not have functional beaches for
fishing economy as they are subjected to land erosion. Un-employability of
educated youth among fishing communities with their inherent ability going
to seed, decline of traditional fishing methods and erosion of fishermen
villages depriving space for fishing economy are among the salient
observations of a macro survey of 191 villages taken up of Visakhapatnam
Regional Chapter of National Maritime Foundation...

*Tamil Nadu: Sea water intrusion a big challenge for City aquifers *
http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sea-water-intrusion-a-big-challenge-for-city-aquifers/298825-60-120.html

India’s first Aquifier Atlas, released by the Central Ground Water Board
(CG-WB) recently, has further reiterated what other studies have shown
about Chennai city. Over exploitation of groundwater has rendered it
vulnerable to sea intrusion in different pockets, putting to danger
sensitive aquifers on which a major chunk of the population depend for
water needs...

*Tamil Nadu: Power plant shock to fish bowl of India*
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Power-plant-shock-to-fish-bowl-of-India/articleshow/16774619.cms

Hyderabad: As against fish and corals, it's thermal plants and chemical
industries that are fighting for space in the Gulf of Mannar these days.
Once India's most prominent marine biodiversity site, this southern tip of
the country is now infested with polluting `agents' that seem to be rapidly
growing in size with time...
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Tamil Nadu: Kudankulam row: Thousands of villagers protest near plant*
http://www.ndtv.com/article/cities/kudankulam-row-hundreds-of-villagers-protest-near-plant-276745

Kudankulam: Thousands of fishermen from 40 villages around the Kudankulam
Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu have surrounded the area from about 500
metres in the sea and are shouting slogans to protest against the plant.
This is a token seige of the plant, since they will not be allowed by
policemen to get any closer...

*Kerala: Vizhinjam: Forum listens to woes of hoteliers,fisherfolk*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-03/thiruvananthapuram/34237874_1_visl-vizhinjam-l-t-rambol

Thiruvananthapuram: Stakeholders of the tourism industry, members of the
fishing community, elected representatives of five panchayats near
Vizhinjam and others aired their grievances about the Vizhinjam
international container transhipment terminal before a forum on Tuesday...

*Maharashtra: Experts: Coastal danger in Ratnagiri, Raigad,  Sindhudurg*
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/experts-coastal-danger-in-ratnagiri-raigad-sindhudurg/1015167/1

Unbridled development that leads to mushrooming of projects such as power
plants is threatening marine and coastal biodiversity, including along the
Maharashtra coast and this needs the urgent attention of the government,
said experts attending the 11th Conference of Parties to the Convention on
Biological Diversity (COP CBD 11) in Hyderabad...
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Eleventh Conference of Parties to the CBD, 8-19 October 2012: Statement  On
Agenda Item 10: Marine and Coastal Biodiversity  by World Forum of Fisher
Peoples(WFFP)  and  International Collective in Support of Fishworkers
(ICSF)*
http://www.icsf.net/en/statements.html?radio=O

The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the International Collective
in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) would like to highlight the concerns of
small-scale and artisanal fishers from different parts of the world on this
agenda item. The need to integrate the traditional knowledge of indigenous
peoples and local communities and to ensure their full and effective
participation in the implementation of the Convention is well recognized,
including in the various decisions of the Conference of Parties to the
CBD...

*CBD COP 11 PRESS RELEASE: International Collective in Support of
Fishworkers (ICSF), World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and National
Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF)*

Source: ICSF

In a press conference at COP11 organised by International Collective in
Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and
National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF), on 10 October, 2012, representatives
from different countries highlighted the impact of marine conservation
processes on local fishing communities...

*Coastal Biodiversity: Activists demand action on fading coastal
biodiversity at (COP) 11 in Hyderabad *
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/developmental-issues/Activists-demand-action-on-fading-coastal-biodiversity-at-COP-11-in-Hyderabad/articleshow/16739768.cms

Activists at the ongoing Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD),
Conference of the Parties (COP) 11 at Hyderabad on Tuesday drew
governments' attention to the massive transformation taking place in the
east and west coast of India...

*CBD COP11, 10 October, 2012: Civil Society Statement on Protected Areas,
delivered by Ashish Kothari, Kalpavriksh, on behalf of several civil
society organizations gathered as part of the CBD Alliance*

Source: Ashish Kothari ashishkothari en vsnl.com and Biodiv_civsoc
biodiv_civsoc en yahoogroups.com

We welcome the progress in implementation of the Programme of Work on
Protected Areas (PoWPA) that many Parties have made, as shown in the CBD
Secretariat’s assessment put out in UNEP/CBD/COP/11/26. We also commend the
Secretariat and Parties for organizing a series of capacity workshops on
various aspects of the PoWPA...

*Bangladesh: 14 killed, 1,500 fishermen missing in Bangladesh storm *
http://www.sundaytimes.lk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25405:14-killed-1500-fishermen-missing-in-bangladesh-storm&catid=81:news&Itemid=625

Dhaka: At least 14 people were killed and an estimated 1,500 fishermen are
missing after tropical storms smashed into Bangladesh's southern coastal
islands and districts early Thursday, police said. Police said at least
1,500 mud, tin and straw-built houses were also levelled in the storms that
swept Bhola, Hatiya and Sandwip Islands and half a dozen coastal districts
after midnight Wednesday midnight...

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