GoI-UNDP-GEF-GoAP

2011

Project Director

Vydya Nagar

9:15 a.m. To 5:30 p.m.

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The Gold-UNDP-GEF project maninstreeming Coastal and Marine Biodiversity Conservation into porduction sectors in the East Godavari River Estuarine Ecosystem, Andhra Pradesh, was prepared jointly by the Government of Andhra Pradesh; Minisitry of Evnironment and Forests, New Delhi and UNDP, India and is being implemented with a total GEF Grandt of US$ 6,026,636 (approximately Rs 27 Crores), without any financisal burden on the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.The Project will focus specifically on removing the key barriers to mainstreaming evnironmental management consideration into major porduction acitvities that are impacting the Godavari river estuary, with a special focus on the coringa Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Godavari River Estuarine area is characterized by rivers and chennels, Flood plain, natural levee, Mangrove forest, tidal channels, tidal flats, lagoon, Kakinada Bay, sand spit, maind land beach, sand dunes and paleo sand ridges. The Kakinada bya is another imparotant geofraphical feature, which appers to be compound and consists of estuaries adjoining he lagoon. Sediments deposited at the confluence have resulted in the formation of a number of spits. The sand psit of Kakinada bay, including Hope Island, is very interesting. The spit started budding in 1878, and has grown to a length of about 17KM with a head of about 5km and tail of 12km. This portects the mangroves from the ocean currents and forms a sheltered Coastline. In Addition, accretion and natural esatblishment and growth of mangorves along the Kakinada bay is significant with gradual increase in the mangrove area.

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