SAIME Initiative

Why in news?

• In Sundarbans, a new shrimp farming initiative offers hope for mangrove restoration was launched.

About Sustainable Aquaculture in Mangrove Ecosystem (SAIME) initiative:

• Under SAIME initiative, farmers have taken up cultivation of shrimp at 30 hectares in West Bengal. Additionally, they are restoring mangroves.
• Started in 2019, the community-based initiative of sustainable shrimp cultivation is being conceived by NGOs- Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) and Global Nature Fund (GNF), Naturland, Bangladesh Environment and Development Society (BEDS).
• Under this initiative mangrove ecosystem is integrated with shrimp cultivation, but when fisheries were expanded inwards, the mangrove ecosystem was excluded.

PRACTICE QUESTION:

‘SAIME Initiative’, recently seen in news, is focused on which of the following region in India?

(a) Sundarbans

(b) Western Ghats

(c) Himalayas

(d) Eastern Ghats

Answer