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Gulf of Kachchh<br />
VII. Conservation And<br />
Management Efforts<br />
i. Current legal status<br />
The Gulf df Kachchh includes various zones like<br />
reserve forests, unclassed forests (notified 'under<br />
Sec. 4 of IFA, 1927) and non-forest areas. Details<br />
about the notification of some of the protected<br />
areas in/near the Gulf of Kachchh are as under.<br />
ii. Govt., NGO, local communities & other<br />
institutions<br />
There are several Government, Non-governmental<br />
and local communities which are working in<br />
several aspects of the Gulf of Kachchh. Some of<br />
the Governmental organizations are as follows:<br />
Central Salt & Marine Chemical <strong>Research</strong><br />
Institute (CSMCRI): It is located in Bhavnagar<br />
and one of the CSIR Laboratory. The research<br />
area of this institute covers various aspects like<br />
extraction of chemicals from various biological<br />
resources of the Gulf of Kachchh like sea weeds,<br />
algae, etc.<br />
National Institute of Oceanography (NIO): It is<br />
also one of the CSIR Laboratory. Even though, it is<br />
situated in Goa is continuously paying attention on<br />
the various oceonographical aspects of the Gulf of<br />
Kachchh.<br />
Space Application Centre (SACIISRQ): This is<br />
located in Ahmedabad and working on the<br />
Satellite imagery and GIS data of the Gulf of<br />
Kachchh. It is also involved with GEER<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> for verifying the ground truth data in<br />
the Gulf of Kachchh as well as forest cover of<br />
Gujarat.<br />
Physical <strong>Research</strong>Laboratory (PHL): This is also<br />
located in Ahmedabad and working on physical<br />
aspects of the Gulf of Kachchh.<br />
Central Marine Fisheries <strong>Research</strong> Institute<br />
(CMFRI): It has its regional centre at Veraval and<br />
it continuously monitor the fish catch and landings<br />
in the Gulf of Kachchh area.<br />
Gujarat Ecological Education <strong>Research</strong><br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> (GEER <strong>Foundation</strong>): GEER<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> is autonomous body set up by Forest<br />
Department State Government and it is actively<br />
engaged in Ecological Education & <strong>Research</strong> in<br />
the Protected areas of Gujaral.<br />
Indian Council of Ag1"icultural <strong>Research</strong> (ICAR):<br />
This is also to monitor the fishery resources of the<br />
Gulf of Kachchh through its Agricultural<br />
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Universities and their research stations at Okha<br />
and Sikka.<br />
Various State Government Departments: Various<br />
State Government Departments like Forest &<br />
Envirllnment Department, Fisheries Department,<br />
Agricultural Department, etc. continnously<br />
engaged in the conservation program as wen as<br />
implementation of different policies in this area.<br />
World Wide Fund for Nature - India: It is parent<br />
organization under WWF for Nature - India, New<br />
Delhi. In Gujarat following divisions of WWF for<br />
Nature - India are existing and each of them<br />
headed by Divisional Director. The four regional<br />
offices of WWF for Nature - India is having each<br />
similar objects and scope to work for the<br />
promotion of nature conservation and<br />
environmental protection through support to<br />
research field projects, education and training to<br />
raise funds for conservation, publishing literatures<br />
regarding wild animals, poster, calendars and<br />
diaries for creating nature conservation<br />
awareness throughout the world.<br />
Gujarat Ecological Commission (GEC): GERI<br />
campus in Vadodara is a registered autonomous<br />
body working since 10 years mainly on ecological<br />
study of restoration and degradation of the<br />
various sectors. It is a parent organisation of<br />
Gujarat Ecological Society.<br />
GSFCScience<strong>Foundation</strong>: It is a large society set<br />
up, non-profit independent foundation, working on<br />
specially promoting work in major areas like<br />
environment water management and nature<br />
resources.<br />
Prakruti Mandal and Youth Club: Gujarat is<br />
having wide scope of nature lovers while<br />
performing a particular group for the nature<br />
conservation and environmental protection<br />
through young generation.<br />
Gujarat Institute of Desert Ecology (GUIDE):<br />
This Institute is established in 1984 and operating<br />
successfully from Bhuj district of Kachchh area.<br />
This institute mainly focuses on ecological studies<br />
and restoration activities in semi-arid and arid<br />
region of Kachchh.<br />
VIII. Future Prospects<br />
Interaction with the native people during the<br />
study resulted into various suggestions, which may<br />
be useful for further consideration and<br />
implementation of policies as well as monitoring of<br />
resources available in this area.