COastal Zone MAnagement - ENVIS Institute for Ocean Management
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Home Introduction COZMA - ENVIS ENVIS Centers & Nodes Resources Newsletters Photo Gallery Links Personnel Contact	Introducing IOM...      Institute for Ocean Management was set up in 1985 as an Ocean Data Center with financial assistance from the Government of Tamil Nadu. The main activities of the Center are, to coordinate in research, dissemination of information and development of interaction with multi-disciplinary groups and user industries working in coastal issues. The Data Center was then combined with the Center for Water Resources and functioned as the Center for Water Resources and Ocean Management from 1995. From 1998, the Institute for Ocean Management (IOM), the first of its kind in the country, has been established with a view to face the challenges of meeting the increasing resource demands in ocean and coastal resources utilization, coastal management and to train adequate manpower, in these areas, in the years to come. The problems of Indian coast, related to beach erosion; sedimentation; siltation of river mouths, lakes and ports; environmental degradation; pollution; mangrove deforestation; protection of marine parks; degradation of coral reefs: loss of biodiversity in the coastal zone etc., Rational utilisation of ocean and coastal resources and proper management are required to meet the sustainable growth. Activities:   Research in areas of Ocean and Coastal Resources Management.  Collection of conventional and non-conventional data and information on various aspects of the  coastal zone and oceans.   Operation of a user service in order to disseminate data and information relating to coastal and   marine resources utilization.  Exchange of data and information with other institutions in the national and international level through  information networks.   Preparation of reports and management plans for coastal and marine area to reconcile the needs of   growth and development with concern for environmental quality.   Providing training in methodologies in coastal and marine environment related activities.   Coordination of the operational and research requirement for the State and Central Governments. Achievements:  The only Institute for Ocean Management in the University system.   Recognized as one of the seventeen National Marine Data centers by Department of Ocean   Development, Government of India  Recognized as the National Center for Coastal Zone Management by Department of Ocean  Development   Being considered as a Center for excellence for Integrated Coastal Zone Management by the  Ministry of Environment and Forest, GOI.   Selected as one of the two national training centers by the Department for International Development  (DFID), Govt. of UK for ICZM training funded to the tune of Rs. 55 million.   Selected by Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft, Germany for collaborative training programmes.   Selected by British Council for higher education academic link programmes with UK Universities.   Doing collaborative research with many institutions in UK, Germany and the Netherlands.   Published 11 books, 21 reports, 4 CD's., 350 maps and over 300 research papers.
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