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SUS Kozhikode June 23-25, 2014

SUS Kozhikode June 23-25, 2014. How do we collaborate for effective conservation of Kottooli Wetland for the benefit of all?. Journey so far. SUS Workshops March 2013 - Kozhikode April 2013 – Ahmedabad September 2013 – Delhi December 2013 – Ahmedabad

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SUS Kozhikode June 23-25, 2014

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  1. SUS KozhikodeJune 23-25, 2014 • How do we collaborate for effective conservation of KottooliWetland • for the benefit of all?

  2. 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

  3. 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)

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 UnnikrishnanNambisan (well known expert on wetlands) • Dr A Achuthan (structural engineer, well known environmentalist) • Dr Harikumar (Scientist at CWRDM) • Dr JaferPalot (Scientist at ZSI) and our own team members

  9. 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..

  10. 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)

  11. Demand to Protect Kottooli Wetlands Newspaper Cuttings

  12. GREEN PLEDGE

  13. Demand to Protect Kottooli Wetlands Photos

  14. And …. The thought that we are left with at this point Little drops of water Little grains of sandMake the mighty ocean And the beauteous land. Thank you..

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