{"id":223794,"date":"2023-01-25T19:39:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T14:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=223794"},"modified":"2023-02-20T15:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T09:44:10","slug":"joshimath-on-sea-mega-projects-for-andaman-and-nicobar-need-to-be-ultra-sensitive-about-ecology-and-tribes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/joshimath-on-sea-mega-projects-for-andaman-and-nicobar-need-to-be-ultra-sensitive-about-ecology-and-tribes\/","title":{"rendered":"Joshimath On Sea? – Mega projects for Andaman and Nicobar need to be ultra-sensitive about ecology and tribes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article \u201cJoshimath On Sea? – Mega projects for Andaman and Nicobar need to be ultra-sensitive about ecology and tribes\u201d <\/strong>published in The Times of India <\/b>on\u00a025th January 2023<\/b>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus<\/strong>: GS 3 \u2013 Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.<\/p>\n

Relevance<\/strong>: About Great Nicobar Project.<\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: Nearly 100 former civil servants represented themselves to the President against the development plans on Great Nicobar Island.<\/p>\n

About the Great Nicobar Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Read here: Nicobar project gets assent for diversion of 130 sq km of forest<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the strategic and ecological significances of the Great Nicobar project?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Read more: <\/strong>Strategic and ecological significance of the Great Nicobar project<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

What are the concerns associated with the Great Nicobar project?<\/h2>\n

The project is likely catastrophic for the island\u2019s sensitive ecology and indigenous hunter-gatherer tribes like the Shompen who are already listed as a \u2018particularly vulnerable tribal group\u2019.<\/p>\n

The region has some of India\u2019s largest mangroves and that over half the species of butterflies, 40% of birds and 60% of mammals are endemic to the region. All of this unique biodiversity could be lost forever.<\/p>\n

What should be done?<\/h2>\n

Disregarding the ecological sensitivity of the region could see the making of another Joshimath-like catastrophe on a grander scale. Compensatory afforestation in Haryana or MP will not prevent such a catastrophe. Therefore, any future plans to develop the Andaman and Nicobar Islands need to seriously factor in the environmental impact on the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cJoshimath On Sea? – Mega projects for Andaman and Nicobar need to be ultra-sensitive about ecology and tribes\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a025th January 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment. Relevance: About Great Nicobar Project. News: Nearly 100… Continue reading Joshimath On Sea? – Mega projects for Andaman and Nicobar need to be ultra-sensitive about ecology and tribes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10311,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[216,10496],"class_list":["post-223794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223794","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}