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Page 1: South Asian Convention Coastal Management · 2019-07-18 · South Asian Convention on Coastal Management Puducherry January 19-21, 2014 Day 1: January 19 Site Visit: 9.00 am – 1.30

South Asian Convention on

Coastal ManagementPuducherry

January 19-21, 2014

Day 1: January 19

Site Visit: 9.00 am – 1.30 pm: Aurofilio Schiavina, Coastal Management Consultant, Pondy Citizens’ Action Network (India)

1.30 – 2.30 pm: LUNCH

4.00 pm – Visit to Paradise Beach followed by Dinner

Day 2: January 20

9.00 – 9.30 am: RegistrationSession I: 9.30 – 10.45 am

Understanding Coastal Challenges

Chair: Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences (India)Special Guest: Chetan B Sanghi, Chief Secretary, Puducherry (India)� Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� Ibrahim Naeem, Director, SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre (Maldives)

10.45 – 11 am: TEASession II: 11.00 am – 1.00 pm

Defining and Demarcating Coastal Zones

Chair: Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� B R Subramanian, Senior Scientific Consultant, National Centre for Sustainable Coastal Management (India)� Anil Premaratne, Director General, Coast Conservation Department (Sri Lanka)� Maminul Haque Sarker, Deputy Executive Director, Center for Environmental and Geographic Information

Services (Bangladesh)� S S Ramakrishnan, Professor, Institute of Remote Sensing, Anna University (India)� M H Balakrishnaiah, Member Secretary, Karnataka State Coastal Zone Management Authority (India)

1.00 – 2.00 pm: LUNCHSession III: 2.00 – 4.00 pm

Regulating Coastal Zones

Chair: Maninder Singh*, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)� Sugandh Juneja, Deputy Programme Manager, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� Naseer Khan Kashani, Director General, Environmental Protection Agency, Balochistan (Pakistan)� Gohulan Sivarajah, District Officer, Batticoloa, Central Environmental Authority (Sri Lanka)� Md Ekram Ullah, Principal Scientific Officer, Water Resources Planning Organization (Bangladesh)� Rifath Naeem, Senior Environment Analyst, Environmental Protection Agency (Maldives)� Sudarshan Rodriguez, Senior Programme Manager, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (India)

4.00 – 4.15 pm: TEA

AGENDA

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Session IV: 4.15 – 6.15 pmDevelopment along Coasts

Chair: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� Aurofilio Schiavina, Coastal Management Consultant, Pondy Citizens’ Action Network (India)� Aminath Nuzla Hameed, Assistant Director, Ministry of Tourism (Maldives)� Nitin Sawant*, Member Secretary, Goa State Biodiversity Board (India)� Suranga Pathirana, Assistant Director, Sri Lanka Tourism Development Authority (Sri Lanka)� Debi Goenka, Conservation Action Trust (India)� Md Shahin Ali, Young Power in Social Action (Bangladesh)

DAY 3, January 21

Session V: 9.00 – 11.00 amLivelihoods & Habitat Protection

Chair: Probir Banerjee, President, Pondy Citizens’ Action Network (India)� Chris O Brien, Regional Coordinator, Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (Thailand)� NM Ishwar, Mangroves for the Future (India)� Zobaidur Rahman, Communication Officer, IUCN (Bangladesh)� Md Tahir Qureshi, Senior Advisor, IUCN (Pakistan) � P Gnanamoorthy, Senior Scientist, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (India)� Ajit Kumar Pattnaik*, Director, Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project, Odisha (India)� Thalatha S Ranasinghe, Assistant Manager, Marine Environment Protection Authority (Sri Lanka)

11.00 – 11.15 am: TEA BREAK

Session VI: 11.15 am – 1.00 pm

Climate Change – VulnerabilityChair: Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� KV Thomas, Scientist, Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)� Abi Abdullah, Deputy Director, Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (Bangladesh)� Mizan Rahman, Regional Co-ordinator, Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (Bangladesh)� Hisan Hassan, Director, National Disaster Management Center (Maldives)

1.00 – 1.45 pm: LUNCH

Session VII: 1.45 – 3.45 pmWay Ahead for South Asia together?

Chair: Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (India)� Maninder Singh*, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)� Anil Premaratne, Director General, Coast Conservation Department (Sri Lanka)� Zeeshan ul Haq*, Secretary, Coastal Development and Fisheries Department, Balochistan (Pakistan)� Chris O Brien, Regional Coordinator, Bay of Bengal Large Marine Ecosystem Project (Thailand)� Ibrahim Naeem, Director, SAARC Coastal Zone Management Centre (Maldives)

4.30 – 6.30 pm: Public Panel Discussion

*To be Confirmed

CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area, New Delhi-110 062Ph: 91-11 29955124/6110 (Ext: 254); Fax: 91-11-29955879Email: [email protected] / Website: www.cseindia.org Mobile: +91-9953805227


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