Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
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PARLIAMENT QUESTION:- Marine Species Conservation

Posted On: 02 DEC 2024 4:08PM by PIB Delhi

The Government has taken various important steps for the conservation of marine species which includes the following:

  1. A network of protected areas across the Coastal States and Islands of the country has been created for the conservation of marine species under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.
  2. Many threatened marine species have been listed in Schedule I and II of the Wild Life (Protection) Act 1972 providing them protection against hunting.
  3. The Ministry has amended Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 to empower Indian Coast Guards for entry, search, arrest and detention in case of contravention of provisions of the Act.
  4. The Ministry has released a National Marine Turtle Action Plan with the aim to conserve marine turtles and their habitats in India.
  5. The Ministry has released ‘Marine Megafauna Stranding Management Guidelines’ in 2021 for management of stranding and entanglement of marine megafauna.
  6. The Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification,2019, promulgated under Environment (Protection) Act 1986, has specific focus on conservation and management plans of Ecologically Sensitive Areas (ESAs), like Mangroves, Sea grasses, Sand dunes, Corals and Coral reefs, Biologically active mudflats, Turtle nesting grounds, and Horseshoe crabs’ habitats.
  7. The Ministry provides financial assistance to States/UTs under the Centrally sponsored Scheme ‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ for conservation of wildlife including marine fauna and its habitat. The details are provided as per Annexure-I.
  8. The Ministry is granting funds under the Centrally Sponsored Schemes to maritime States for the conservation of Corals and Mangroves.
  9. The Ministry under the National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority provides funding support for conservation of Dugongs and their habitats.

 

Annexure-I

 

Details of funds released to coastal State/ UT Governments under CSS-‘Development of Wildlife Habitats’ during last five years:

(₹. in lakhs)

S. No.

Name of  States/UTs

2019-20

2020-21

2021-22

2022-23

2023-24

1

A& N Islands

132.64

0

135.77

25.125

0

2

Andhra Pradesh

0

0

0

0

0

3

Goa

111.654

0

0

0

50.10

4

Gujarat

0

124.5849

0

200.01

206.99

5

Karnataka

739.046

586.12634

1256.59314

291.71146

581.52346

6

Kerala

845.026

731.2845

295.7737

224.4735

921.0361

7

Maharashtra

715.781

146.08

0

350.3879

554.69645

8

Odisha

701.504

697.50

726.80273

967.4976

612.81161

9

Tamil Nadu

409.505

334.0354

390.75715

132.95205

373.8902

10

West Bengal

891.073

710.61953

757.25599

201.30866

385.29988

11

Puducherry

0

0

0

0

5.22

12

Lakshadweep

193.272

462.409

462.086

269.9055

124.655

 

Grand Total

4739.501

3792.64

4025.039

2663.372

3816.223

This information was given by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

 

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