SUS Kozhikode June 23-25, 2014
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SUS KozhikodeJune 23-25, 2014
How do we collaborate for effective conservation of Kottooli Wetland
for the benefit of all?
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Journey so far
• SUS Workshops– March 2013 - Kozhikode– April 2013 – Ahmedabad– September 2013 – Delhi– December 2013 – Ahmedabad • Learnings, experience sharing, discussions, inter team
feedback, knowledge inputs, information sources
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Journey so far contd…….
• Beginning: suspicion, lack of confidence & hope – moved towards confidence
• But…. brought together people who were working on different aspects of the same issue – SUS became the platform for this
• Some stakeholders moved away (eg. Builders) and others entered (Residents Associations of Kottooli; half of the land owners)
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Journey so far contd…….
• Historically important campaign launched: started as protest against:– Mangrove destruction– Reclamation by filling up wetland– Sale of land by private owners to builders– Establishment of STP within wetland…
• Due to the togetherness and confidence that discussions, activities, experience sharing and support that SUS gave
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Achievements
• Residents, social activists, environmentalists, lawyers formed Kottooli Wetland Protection Committee
• Students and youth mobilized by creating awareness among them and empowering them to take up the cause of conserving Kottooli wetland
• Media campaign was done• Booklets explaining importance of Kottooli• STP now planned to be relocated
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Actions after December 2013 SUS Workshop
• Mass Campaign..– January 29, 2014 – held at Kottooli; brought together
2000 students from schools in Kozhikode city along with Social Activists, Scientists, Artists, Writers …
• Kottooli Cleaning Campaign – College NSS Programme – December 24, 2013 – 100 students from Providence
Women’s College and 50 students of Calicut Girls Vocational Higher Secondary School
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Actions – ongoing contd…..
• Preparing Map– District Collector has recently directed the Asst
Director of Soil Survey Department to demarcate the boundary and identify all encroachments
– This would help in preparing the map– The Department of Mining and Geology prepared
a map of Kottooli wetland in accordance with an order issued from the District Collector of Kozhikode
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Actions – ongoing contd…..Comprehensive Publication on Kottooli• Most write-ups obtained; DTP is going on • About 200 pages with 20 pages of colour photographs• Preface: MT Vasudevan Nair (awaited)• Articles by
– C Radhakrishnan (awaited)– MGS Narayan (awaited)– Valsala (Famous writer)– Dr MGS Narayanan (famous historian)– Prof Unnikrishnan Nambisan (well known expert on wetlands)– Dr A Achuthan (structural engineer, well known environmentalist)– Dr Harikumar (Scientist at CWRDM)– Dr Jafer Palot (Scientist at ZSI) and our own team members
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Actions – ongoing contd…..
Remaining Major Problem is Private Ownership..• Land acquisition.• Wetland should be considered as Govt. Property and
Govt. should take over it.• We are now planning to submit a Mass Memorandum Signed
by more than 20000 students and residents to The Prime Minister, MoEF,CM of Kerala and KSBB
• Planning to Approach Corporates with Environmental Ethics to buy that land and hand over to Government..
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Challenges as Facilitator• Almost half of Land owners not willing to talk to
conservation groups; some developers perceived as ‘mafia’; money power
• How to bring different stakeholders to a common discussion platform
• To explore different values of Kotooly Wetland, in eyes of different stakeholders, especially of ecosystem services
• To support the stakeholders group to explore different types of potential solutions or way forward from current situation where nobody benefits (neither conservation owners, nor land owners, nor wider city stakeholders)
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Demand to Protect Kottooli WetlandsNewspaper Cuttings
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GREEN PLEDGE
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Demand to Protect Kottooli Wetlands
Photos
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And ….The thought that we are left with at this point
Little drops of water Little grains of sand
Make the mighty ocean And the beauteous land.
Thank you..