KOCHI: Marine specialists on Saturday warned that coastal regions in Kerala will see a growing tendency of marine surge in the forthcoming years because of increase in sea level temperature.
They were talking in a training organised from the Kochi-based Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) as a portion of celebrating World Environment Day today.
Voicing concern over the calamities faced with the coastal neighborhood because of large waves and sea erosion, so the webinar sought recovery of aquatic plant putting focus on mangrove forestation, which, according to the specialists, behave as bio-shield into the lymph vessels at protecting the lives of inhabitants in the area.
The research pointed out that the full Kerala shore recently observed’storm surge’ through the 2 cyclones Tauktae and Yaas, a CMFRI release mentioned.
Experts are of the belief that such storm strikes are most likely to happen in the shore increasingly in coming years together with the accelerated heating of the oceans from the Indian Ocean, according to the release.
Cyclonic winds assist sort storm surge in the oceans which leads to high waves, sea erosion and flooding from the coastal hamlets.
This was clearly found lately, particularly in coastal regions including Chellanam, they stated.
Kerala’s coastal area can be protected from the anger of the ocean to a terrific extent through recovery of mangroves and other biodiversity in the area, CMFRI Director Dr A Gopalakrishnan stated.
“Conservation of coastal biodiversity, that can be in corrosion owing to a lot of reasons including structures, is your greatest long-term all-natural choice for protecting the lives of aquatic populations from sea turbulence,” he explained, adding mangroves work as a version bio-shield into the coastal retreat.
“A recent research demonstrated that mangroves protect coastal tide activities and intense surges according to observations performed in Mumbai coastal region.There are plenty of perfect areas across the coastal stretch from Kerala that could be preserved for mangrove forestation,” Gopalakrishnan said.
The webinar, that was attended by top specialists from the nation working on mangroves, advocated that recovery of aquatic vegetation across the Kerala coast ought to be proposed in a social forestry theory with people involvement.
Feasibility studies have been needed for identifying possible areas for mangrove forestation, additionally suggested.
The webinar also signaled knowledge programmes among various stakeholders to construct a bio-green belt across the shore directed toward protecting the occupants in the region.
Participants comprised Dr N Vasudevan, Managing Director of Forest Development Corporation, Maharashtra, PP Pramod, Chief Conservator, Forest Eastern Circle and Custodian, Vested Forest, Kerala, Dr R Ramasubramanian, Director of Coastal Systems Research Programme in M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai along with Dr Grinson George, Senior Programme Specialist in the SAARC.