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From: "ksmtf" <ksmtf@keralafishworkers.in>
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 11:32 PM
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> http://ibnlive.in.com/news/nff-to-observe-action-day-on-august-9/170740-60-1
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> NFF to observe Action Day on August 9
> THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The National Fishworkers' Forum (NFF) will observe
> Quit India Movement remembrance day on August 9 as 'action day' to
> address the various challenges being confronted by the nine coastal
> states in the country, including Kerala, in view of the implementation
> of the Coastal Regulation Zone Notification 2011.
> The decision was taken at the two-day consultation held in Margoa on
> July 21 and 22.
> NFF leaders from nine coastal states, along with scientists,
> researchers and civil society organisations, participated in the
> various sessions on climate change impact, the National Action Plan on
> Climate Change, State Action Plans on Climate Change and the role of
> international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the
> Asian Development Bank.
> T Peter, state president of Kerala Swathanthra Matsya Thozhilali
> Federation (KSMTF), a constituent of NFF, told 'Express' that the
> fishing community would be at the receiving end of adverse climate
> impacts which include temperature rise in the oceans, increased
> intensity of disasters such as cyclones and storm surges, sea-level
> rise, ocean acidification, changing current patterns and depletion of
> natural resources.
> All of this will have a profound effect on the 20-million strong
> fishing community that depends on the coast and the sea for their
> livelihood, he said.
> Despite this, the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) does
> not have any suggestions for the coasts and the fishing community, he
> said.
> NFF is of the view that the NAPCC is highly undemocratic, flawed in
> focus and unresponsive to the urgent challenges raised by climate
> change, Peter said.
> The flawed process continues at the state-level as well. While all the
> 10 coastal states are in the process of finalising their State Action
> Plans on Climate Change (SAPCC), the fishing community is yet to be
> consulted, he said.
> Further, in some states such as Orissa, the SAPCC mentions that the
> ''equally undemocratic'' Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project
> (ICZMP), funded by the World Bank and the Orissa Coastal Zone
> Management Authority, will handle coastal-related issues on climate
> change, he said.
> NFF demands a separate coastal mission as part of the Prime Minister's
> National Action Plan on Climate Change. The Rs 990-crore ICZMP is on a
> pilot phase from 2010 to 2015 in the three coastal states of Gujarat,
> West Bengal and Orissa.
> The NFF also demands the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests to
> make necessary amendments to the CRZ incorporating the views of
> fishermen, he said.
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