Villagers have seen how parts of Kendrapara district were saved during super cyclone
For Niranjan Swain, a 62-year-old farmer of Badakota village of Odisha’s Kendrapara district, growing crops is just as important as making a ritualistic patrolling around a 25-acre patch of land, where he and his fellow villagers are creating a mangrove forest – a bio-shield against sea erosion.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/growing-mangrove-forests-fight-sea-erosion
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/satyasundar-barik
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/hindu-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/kendrapara-d
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mangroves
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coastal-erosion
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/displacement
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-conservation
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cyclones
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests