Odisha Coastline

• What is this a case study of?

  An international case study of coastal conflict & management
• What is Odisha?


  A state on the south east coast of India, bordering the Bay of Bengal
• Is India a LIC/NEE/HIC?


  LIC

  • BUT it is ambitious and its economy is rapidly moving from LIC status --> NEE status and it fully intends to --> HIC status
• give a stat about the population of india?


  has the largest population in the world!

  • expanding population
• Odisha is a resource rich region of india
• Odisha has much to contribute to the development of this country but....?


  • There are significant threats reducing the ability of it to do so
  • therefore careful management of this FRAGILE environment is necessary
  • result? ICZM
• How much of its coastline has odisha lost to sea water ingression?

  28%

  • between 1990-2016
• what has happened in certain villages?

  water has become too saline to drink

  saline penetration

  residents from these villages have to walk to collect water from other villages
• What has climate change done?

  Has made about 10% of the coastline of odisha HIGHLY VULNERABLE TO SEA EROSION

  (Human behaviour has also contributed to the erosion)