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🏖️Case Study - Odisha ICZM Flashcards

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What is an ICZM?

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A continuous and repeated process designed to promote sustainable management of coastal zones

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What objectives do ICZMs bring together?

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Different objectives for coastal areas so multiple social, economic, cultural and environmental goals can be achieved

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Why did an ICZM work in Odisha?

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Because a large area needed protection

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Where is Odisha?

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The East coast of India

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Why is sustainability so important for Odisha?

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India is a developing country where carrying out work in an economical way to reach as many goals as possible is more sustainable

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Why are the local community stakeholders?

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The live and work in the area, so any decisions made higher up will likely affect them and their livelihoods

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Why are ecologists and wildlife specialists stakeholders?

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Wildlife and the environment may be damaged so care must be taken to ensure that as little damage as possible is done

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Why are local government officials stakeholders?

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The ICZM will be carried out on state owned land, and could be partially or entirely funded by the government

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Why is the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation a stakeholder?

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Tourism is a crucial industry in the area so any negative impact would have huge social and economic repurcussions

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Why is the Odisha State Pollution Control Board a stakeholder?

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Any pollution caused by the ICZM could be controlled to reduce pollution in the air and water

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Why were the fishing community stakeholders?

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Many people rely on the sea for their source of income, so fishing communities were consulted on the effects the ICZM may have on their business

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How big was the area of mangroves was planted in Odisha?

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1435km2

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Which organisations were involved?

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State government
World Bank
Ministry of environment, forest and climate change

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Why were mangroves necessary?

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Mangroves provide habitats for endangered species such as the Olive Ridley turtle, as well as protecting the coast from erosion

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When was the ICZM pilot project?

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2010 - 2015

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What are the benefits of planting mangroves?

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Wind and swell waves reduced
Flooding impacts of storm surges reduced
Tsunami heights reduced
Roots bind and build soils
Cheap to plant

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What is resilience?

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The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties

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What is adaption?

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The process of change by which something becomes better suited to its environment

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What is mitigation?

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Reducing the severity of something

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What are the landforms around Odisha like?

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Many recent depositional landforms

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What is the coastline made up of?

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6 deltas, ‘hexadeltic region’

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What is the Chilika lake like?

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A salty lagoon, renowned for birdlife but less saline in monsoon season when diluted by rainfall

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Where does the sediment around Odisha come from?

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The six deltas, sediment is fluvial

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How much of Odisha’s coastline is dynamic?

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85.6%

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Why is adaption and mitigation needed in Odisha?

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It is frequently hit by tropical storms, cyclones

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When was cyclone Phailin?

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October 2013

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How does Odisha show resilience?

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Because people still live there despite the cyclones and threat of coastal changes and erosion.

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How has the state adapted to the threats it faces?

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Supplies ahead of any storms
Staged evacuations to mimic real evacuations
Warnings are broadcast of any incoming storms

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Where is Odisha?

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Eastern coast of India
480km of coastline on the Bay of Bengal (Indian Ocean)

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Risks: How much of the coastline is eroding?

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36.8%

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Risks: What has accelerated coastal erosion affected in recent years?

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Coastal agriculture
Built environment
Habitats

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Risks: Name 2 hazards this area is prone to having

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Storms
Tsunamis

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Risks: What’s the longer term threat to this area?

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Rising sea levels

34
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Risks: What is being over-exploited and rapidly becoming depleted?
What will the impact of this be?

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Fish and minerals
Impacting the livelihoods of the coastal population

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Risks: Why is it hard to know what will happen on this coastline?

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86% of it is dynamic- making it very unpredictable

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Rewards: Why do so many tourists come to the area?

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For the beaches and wildlife sanctuaries

37
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Rewards: Which types of energy is there huge potential for?

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Offshore wind
Wave
Tidal

38
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Rewards: What percentage of the coastline is laden with mineral and heavy metal deposits?
Why is this good?

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35%
Could be sustainably extracted in the future

39
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Rewards: Name one of rare animals found on the coastline

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Olive Ridley turtles

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Rewards: Why is there such a rich cultural heritage?

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As cultural and archaeological sites are scattered across the coastline

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Rewards: Why is coastal fishing so important?

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It employs a large number of people full time
It employs people from coastal villages in the post-harvest fisheries sector

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Why has little been done to mitigate and adapt in Odisha?

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Any action taken could have devastating impacts on the area as so much of it is unpredictable

43
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Mitigation: How many were evacuated before Cyclone Phailin?

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1 million

44
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Mitigation: Name 3 things that the authorities did before Cyclone Phailin struck

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Broadcast warnings
Evacuate
Prepare relief supplies

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Adaptation Key Points

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Residents willing to alter way of life
Salt resistant rice grown- flooding and sea level rise
Tourism, earn a living
Fishermen changing livelihoods

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Resilience: How have the people shown they are resilient?

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Still live in the area with all the hazards
NGO’s teaching fishermen sustainable fishing methods, prevents over exploitation

47
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ICZMP: What does ICZMP stand for?

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Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project

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ICZMP: Why was this coastal management strategy adopted?

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2011 Assessment of Shoreline Change Report showed localised strategies were doing more harm than good

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ICZMP: Why is this project considered to be so good for the coastline as a whole?

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As it consults all the stakeholders to find the best outcome

50
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ICZMP: How many people did the Odisha Tourism Development Corporation consult at the Tampara eco-tourism site?

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118

51
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ICZMP: Why were fishermen consulted?

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To discuss the impact on their livelihoods, and other skills they could learn so they weren’t dependant on fishing

52
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ICZMP: Give an example of a site that the department of culutre went to to consult people?
How many did they consult?

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British Cemetery and Potagada
18 people were consulted

53
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ICZMP: Why were these consultations particular useful?

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As they involved the local community, the authorities and experts to make informed decisions

54
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ICZMP: Where are mangroves being restored?

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Mahanadi Delta
Development of fisheries led to them being destroyed

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ICZMP: How many km of mangroves has the Mahanadi Delta lost since 1960?

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Around 4km

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ICZMP: What event were mangroves shown to be so useful?

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Super-Cyclone Kalina, villages with less than 3km of mangroves saw a sharp rise in deaths
Villages with over 4km saw no deaths at all

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ICZMP: Why are mangroves such a good sea defence?

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They are natural and don’t impact the local ecology

58
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How long is the coastline and how does this compare to Slapton/

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480km which is much larger than Slapton’s 14km coast

59
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How many fishermen are there and what % are actively engaged in fishing in coastal water?

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88,000 - 76%

60
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What was there among stakeholders and so what was adopted?

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Conflict of interest so an ICZM approach was adopted

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When did the ICZM implement a pilot and how far did this cover?

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2010 which covered 190km of coast

62
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How many stakeholders have been given funding to go away from economic activity?

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600

63
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What does the scheme undergo?

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Constant evaluation

64
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How many hectares of mangrove have been protected?

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323

65
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How have they developed tourism?

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Developed tourism at 6 sites which is a more sustainable industry

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How much has tourism risen by?

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31%

67
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How much has tourism income and employment risen by?

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55%

68
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What and how many were set up to offer protection from cyclones and flooding?

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14 disaster protection shelters

69
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What are the shelters used as in normal days?

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Classrooms, social centres and vaccine centres

70
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What has been done in the most erosion prone areas?

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505m of gabions

71
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What and how many do the gabbions protect?

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41,000 people in villages and 6000 hectares of farmland

72
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Schemes inland to provide employment

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Becoming a dairy or poultry farmer

73
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What is done before tropical storms?

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Broadcast warnings and stage evacuation

74
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How is the coastline dynamic?

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Largely accreting at 46.8% with 36.8% eroding and only 14.6% being stable

75
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What opportunities are there regarding raw materials?

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Oil, natural gas and seabed mining

76
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How is the ecology unique?

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Mangroves, salt marshes, Olive Ridley turtles and sea grass meadows

77
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How much mangrove forest is in Bhitarkanika and how many species are there?

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1435 sqkm with more than 82 species

AQA A-Level Physical Geography (28 decks)

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