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Abstract Submission No. | ABS-2022-01-0422 |
Title of Abstract | Technology-aided advisories to enhance the societal values of marine ecosystem services - a grass-roots level case study from Odisha |
Authors | Sudip Kumar Kundu*, Harini Santhanam |
Organisation | National Institute of Advanced Studies |
Address | Room No. S-38, National Institute of Advanced Studies, IISc Campus Bangalore, Karnataka, India Pincode: 560012 Mobile: 9883233977 E-mail: sudipkrkundugeoh@gmail.com |
Country | India |
Presentation | Oral |
Abstract | The global ecosystem services for marine and coastal environments have been valued at 124.8 trillion USD while it is 1.5 trillion INR in the case of India. However, the actual estimates of the socio-economic, cultural as well as environmental services have not yet been made available uniformly across the maritime states of India, creating gaps for effective resources management as well as to develop relevant policies for environmental stewardship. These goals have been the mainstays of the targets pursued by India towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 14 as well as effective Blue economy initiatives. With respect to the deliberations at the recently concluded COP26 meeting at Glasgow, the relevance of using nature-based technology to preserve marine and coastal ecosystem services has come under attention. In this connection, advancements and integration of space-based and ground-based technologies have globally proven to improve the marine ecosystem services. Knowledge products as the Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) advisories including species-specific alerts, Ocean state forecast (OSF), Tsunami early warning system, storm-surge warning, coral bleaching alert, multi-hazard vulnerability mapping, oil spill advisory, etc. generated using space-based observations have been provisioned as nationally significant resources for design and implementation of marine resources management plans in India. In practice, however, the challenges of balancing resources and ecosystem services are greater than perceived, creating hurdles for effective field operations. Odisha, currently undervalued for its contributions from fisheries to the state and central economy from the perspective of marine resources utilisation, is explored for the scope for sustainable utilisation of PFZ and OSF for enhancing the developmental benefits and preservation of ecosystem services. In this context, the present investigation details a comprehensive understanding of the socio-technical factors informing technology utilisation impacting ecosystem services from selected fish landing centres at Odisha. Keywords : SDG14, Blue economy, Marine ecosystem services, Socio-technical factors, Odisha |