To conserve and manage the coastal and marine resources of India, the Centre for Biodiversity Policy & Law (CEBPOL), National Biodiversity Authority in association with the Bay of Bengal Programme Inter-Governmental Organisation has brought out a set of 9 fact sheets for the benefit of policy makers, scientists, researchers, academicians to mainstream biodiversity considerations into the public and private sector projects and programs.
1. India’s Coastal and Marine Faunal Diversity;
2. Ecologically Sensitive Areas;
3. Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas and Marine Protected Areas;
4. Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management;
5. Invasive Alien Species;
6. Co-management;
7. Coastal and Marine Species under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972;
8. India National Biodiversity Targets: Linkages with the Coastal and Marine Sector; and
9. Sustainable Development Goal -14: Life Below Water
