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threat of low fish production, 'low output from fish
industry and disturbed economy of the area.
Most of the people are dependent of fish as major
item in their meals. If fish catch goes. down or if
crabs and other mollusc productiop is lowered due
to mangrove degradation, it will affect the local
inhabitants in two ways: their daily dietary item
will not be available and secondly, fishing as a
livelihood will be lost. As a consequence the labour
in fish processing factory will have to lose the job.
Same is true for mango and cashew labour.
Tourism may prove harmful to natural
bioresources of this area, if utmost care is not
taken.
VII.Conservation And Management Efforts
The conservation efforts are negligible. Fishery
ponds are developed by cutting down (felling)
couple of Xylocarpus trees at some places, though
not within the boundary of Malvan Tahsil.
Nevertheless, at Achra fishery ponds have become
a threat to mangroves.
i. Current Legal Status
A Marine Park is planned at Malvan, which will be
legally protected. At present it is not under
Biosphere Reserve or any such protection
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Census of India 2001. Series 28 Maharashira
Provisional Population Totals, Paper 1 of 2001.
Brought out by Samir Kumar Biswas, Director of
Census Operations, Mabarasbtra.
Census of India 2001 Series 28 Maharasbtra Provisional
Population Totals. Paper 2 of 2001, Rural-urban
Distribution of Population. Brought out by Samir
Kumar Biswas, Director of Census Operations,
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Fish, Production Report 1997-98.Dep!.of Fisberies Govi.
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Malvan
measure. Some areas of the Western Ghat region
of Malvan Tahsil are protected under Reserve
Forest.
ii. Applicable Protection Acts
Forest Acts, Environment Pollution (Control) Acts
and CRZ are applicable' in this region.
iii. Government, Non-Government,
Local Communities and Other Institutes
There is hardly any regular conservation activity
except that some part of Western Ghat Forest
comes under Reserve Forests. Now some NGOs are
coming forward to work in Sindhudurg district.
The overall picture is disappointing.
VIII. Future Prospects
Eventhough conservation activities, are not
initiated in this area, there is enough room to
undertake awareness' programmes to educate
common public.
The conservation status6f the bioresources can be
improved by undertaking programmes for public
I.e. local inhabitants. What is needed is the joint
effort of forest department, educationaVresearch
institute and NGO active in the region.
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of Mabarasbtra. Mumbai
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Report on Malvan Tahsil prepared on special occasion
by Tabsil Agriculture Officer,Malvan. Sept. 2001
District and Block level officers - personal interviews.
My heartfelt thanks are due to Dr. M.S. Swaminathan for giving me the opportunity to work as a partner
of this project. I also put on record my thanks to Dr. PC. Kesavan, Director, MSSRF and Dr. Ajay Parida .
for keeping my involvement in this piece of work.
I am thankful to Government of Maharashtra officials in Sindhudurg district and other resource persons
whose help made this report possible.
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