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202carried out in collaboration with Space Applications Centre (SAC), National RemoteSensing Agency (NRSA), Ministry of Environment & Forests (MOEF) and Ministry ofEarth Sciences, Government of India (GOI). Major activities of CSD of IESWM in the fieldof coastal zone studies & management are preparation of natural resources inventory andformulation of management plans pertaining to coastal wetlands, mangroves, coral reefs, etc,monitoring of basic physical processes operative in the estuarine and near shore areas,implications of climate change and related phenomena in the coastal regime of West Bengal.Progressively greater emphasis is being given towards acquiring of instrumental andcomputational facilities for building up of form-process-material interaction modelscurrently operative and also expected under different climatic scenarios in different segmentsof West Bengal coast.277. The above core activities and research of CSD was initiated by a small group of earthscientists, especially geologists but later on, scientists from other related disciplines likebotany, environmental science, atmospheric science, RS and GIS were inducted fordeveloping a multi-disciplinary approach to research problems at hand.278. Till recently majority of research works involved use of both visual and digital imageprocessing techniques for mapping and inventorying purposes supplemented by detailedground truth verification for form identification and mapping. Subsequently techniquesrelating to Geographical Information System (GIS), Global Positioning System (GPS),Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) etc were introduced for a multi-disciplinaryapproach. Very recently, dynamic process and material monitoring in estuarine and nearshore areas including time lapse recording of bathymetry, tidal ranges, wave period, tide andwave velocity, sediment size etc have been introduced.279. Noting the work carried out by this division of IESWM in the coastal zone, Ministryof Environment & Forests, Government of India has recognised IESWM as an authorisedinstitute for demarcation of High Tide Line (HTL), Low Tide Line (LTL) and CoastalRegulation Zone (CRZ) along the Indian coast in 1998.Projects of CSD280. A number of projects have already been completed by CSD of IESWM with theapplication of Remote Sensing & GIS and other related technologies. Some of the importantones are mentioned below: Wetland mapping of West Bengal Wetland mapping of Tripura