SAIME Initiative
2023 JAN 3
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Environment and Ecology > Biodiversity > Mangroves
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