Coastal Ecosystem: Challenges & Threats

India has an extensive coastline of 7517 km length, of which 5423 km is in peninsular India and 2094 km is in the 2 Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep islands.

This coastline supports a huge human population, which is dependent on the rich coastal and marine resources. Despite the tremendous ecological and economic importance India's coastal and marine ecosystems are under threat.

Challenges and threats

• Coastal Development and Tourism: construction of pipelines, structuring of ports and deployment of cables for communication, anchoring over seagrass meadows and overcrowding in coastal areas is increasing threat.
• Land Runoff and Pollution: Due to their ....