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Workshop/Seminar
conference
Table6: Workshops,seminarsandronferenresonChilika
Organizer(s) Dates Place
National conference The Orissa Environmental 1986 Berhampur
on natural heritage of Society
Orissa with special
emphasis on Chilika
lagoon
Saving Chilika lake, Canadian International February Bhubaneswar
Saving the people of Development Agency and the 3-6, 1992
Chilika' Centre for Development
Research and Training, Xaviers
Institute of Management
International workshop Chilika Development Authority December Bhubaneswar
on sustainable and Department of Water 12-14, 1998
development of Chilika Resources, Government of
lake, Orissa Orissa
International workshop Chilika Development Authority, January Bhubaneswar
of restoration of Chilika Wetland International, South 18-20, 2002
lagoon Asia and Indian Institute of
Tourism and Travel Management
Barakul, and Satapada for transport of tourists
and local passengers inside Chilika.
f. Research and education: Research on Chilika
at this moment has been rather limited. The
Department of Marine Sciences of Berhampur
University, The Estuarine Biological Station
(ZSI) at Berhampur are some of the local
Institutions, which are carrying out research
pertaining to ecology and faunal survey of
Chilika lagoon. The Wildlife Wing of the Forest
Department of Orissa' is also active in certain
aspects of research pertaining to Chilika
lagoon. The CDA, which has also set up a
Research Laboratory at Balugaon is keeping
data on hydrological parameters and
coordinating with other local, national and
international governments and non-government
organisations, with an overall objective being
ecorestoration of Chilika lagoon. The Wetland
Research Centre under the patronage of CDA is
being set up at Balugaon to concentrate on
scientific research on problems relating to
Chilika. CDA is also involving some of the local
NGOs in educating and implementing
environmental awareness programmes in the
locality that are in operation at the grass root
level. Institute of Life Sciences, Regional
Research Laboratory, Utkal University ORSAC,
all in Bhubaneswar are engaged in research on
different aspects of the Chilika lagoon.
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Furthermore, the Fishery Training College of
the Government of Orissa situated at Balugaon
and the Fishery College, a residential college
under the Orissa University of Agriculture and
Technology, situated at Rangailunda (near
. Berhampur University Campus) are engaged in
imparting fishery related training and
education to employees of the Fishery
Department and students in the locality,
respectively. Table 6 presents the list of
workshops, seminar or conferences held on
different aspects of Chilika.
j Uniqueness and representativeness: Chilika
with its diverse flora and fauna is in many ways
unique. Chilika has been wintering ground of
migratory species of Arctic and Central Asian
waterfowls. The lagoon has been the habitat
for Irrawady river dolphins. Its richness,
however, lies with its fishery and tourism
resources.
V. Bio-Resource Profile
i. Wild
a. Fish : Fish and fishery constitutes one of the
primary resources of Chilika that is supporting
the livelihood of about 1 lakh fishermen from
about 200 villages in and around Chilika. Some
of the commercially important fish from Chilika
include, Mugil cephalus, Liza macrolepis,
Eleutheronema tetradactylum, Etroplus