Online Talk
| Event Start Date: 21st February 2023 | Event End Date: 21st February 2023 | Event Venue: Zoom |
Experience with Ecological Restoration of Degraded Mangroves in Indian Sundarbans
[21 February 2023, 4:00- 5:00 pm]
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About the project
Dr. Krishna Ray and her team have been working on ecological restoration of degraded mangrove patches
outside the protected areas in Indian Sundarbans settlement regions in the shoreline mangroves lining the estuarine rivers since 2014 with financial assistance from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and with all logistic supports from Forest Department, Govt. of West Bengal. Initially they attempted developing a model site-specific biorestoration technology for an approx. 3-ha degraded patch of mangroves on banks of Mridangabhanga-Barchara confluence at the village Ramganga, Patharpratima Block, South 24 Pgs, West
Bengal. The reference ecosystem was the co-located nearby pristine protected mangroves at Lothian, Prentice, Bhagabatpur, Diya, Dhonchi, Bonnie Camp, Kalash, Chulkathi islands, under the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. At the present moment, in 2023, this small semi-restored patch has shown quite improvement, and now it is harboring almost 30 species of mangroves and associate species including rare and threatened ones, associated fauna, and huge natural regeneration of mangrove seedlings in each season, proving the
restoration of functionality of the ecosystem as a whole. Once barren, now this site is a biodiverse hub and have been included in the internal website of OECM India as a potential OECM site.
Dr. Krishna Ray and her team have been working on ecological restoration of degraded mangrove patches
outside the protected areas in Indian Sundarbans settlement regions in the shoreline mangroves lining the estuarine rivers since 2014 with financial assistance from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and with all logistic supports from Forest Department, Govt. of West Bengal. Initially they attempted developing a model site-specific biorestoration technology for an approx. 3-ha degraded patch of mangroves on banks of Mridangabhanga-Barchara confluence at the village Ramganga, Patharpratima Block, South 24 Pgs, West
Bengal. The reference ecosystem was the co-located nearby pristine protected mangroves at Lothian, Prentice, Bhagabatpur, Diya, Dhonchi, Bonnie Camp, Kalash, Chulkathi islands, under the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve, India. At the present moment, in 2023, this small semi-restored patch has shown quite improvement, and now it is harboring almost 30 species of mangroves and associate species including rare and threatened ones, associated fauna, and huge natural regeneration of mangrove seedlings in each season, proving the
restoration of functionality of the ecosystem as a whole. Once barren, now this site is a biodiverse hub and have been included in the internal website of OECM India as a potential OECM site.
This site-specific degraded mangrove ecological restoration technology developed by her group is presently being expanded for another 30 sites comprising of about 60 ha of degraded mangroves outside the PA region on river-shores of Sundarban villages in Patharpratima Block, South 24 Pgs, West Bengal, with all financial supports from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India.
About the Speaker
Dr. Krishna Ray did her Bachelor’s and Master’s both in Botany, obtained Ph.D. from Bose Institute, Kolkata and did her post-doctoral studies from Dept. of Genetics, University of Delhi South Campus. She joined West Bengal State University, Kolkata as an Assistant Professor in Botany in 2009 and initiated her independent research right from scratch in the area of Environmental Biotechnology. Her doctoral and postdoctoral research experience in the field of genetic engineering in Cotton and Mustard made her confident enough to understand the ecological enigma in our environment and utilize the nature’s inherent strength to resolve the environmental issues.
She assumed Ecological Restoration endeavour through Nature Based Solutions in Degraded Mangrove Ecosystem of Indian Sundarbans since 2014 and continuing till date in a major way with complete financial support from Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. Her Environmental Biotechnology Group has established a demonstrable comprehensive site-specific bio-restoration technology for degraded mangrove ecosystem irrespective of its location and degradation status.
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