Orissa

The deepest cut: Political ecology in the dredging of a new sea mouth in Chilika lake - Orissa (India)
Dredging a new sea mouth at the Chilka lake: Government of Orissa. The paper reassess and debates the sanity of this proposition. Posted on 21 Sep, 2010 09:19 AM

This paper published in the journal Conservation and Society reassesses/debates the decision taken by the government to dredge a new sea mouth in the Chilika Lake in Orissa, India, which was based on Geographical Information Systems (GIS) studies.

The paper argues that decisions such as these need to be understood and evaluated by taking into consideration not only the underlying technical aspects, but by also exploring the political and historical contexts in which decisions are taken. 

World Wetlands Day 2010 to be observed by Orissa’s Chilika Development Authority
An invitation to celebrate World Wetlands Day at at Jyantipur village located at the shore line of Chilika lake by the Chilka Development Authority Posted on 02 Feb, 2010 02:57 PM

Chilika LakeBhubaneswar: World Wetlands Day is observed on 2 February every year. It marks the date of signing of the convention on wetlands on 2nd February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar. This day presents us with a welcome opportunity to join together in celebrating the benefits that we all receive from wetlands, as well as to raise the awareness of the local communities who derive their livelihood about the importance of these vital ecosystems for our common future. The Ramsar Bureau (Secretariat) took a decision to observe the World wetland day on 2nd February in 1997. Chilika Development Authority has been observing World Wetlands Day way back from 1997 i.e. from the first year of observation of WWD.

The WWD is observed by CDA in and around Chilika Lake with the active participation of local communities. For optimizing the objectives of the WWD celebration instead of observing it at Bhubaneswar it is invariably observed in and around Chilika by CDA .

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