CALL Programme in collaboration with CURE team visited “Point Calimere Ramsar Site” Tamilnadu, INDIA, as a part of Assessment of Livelihood-Ecosystem Interdependencies for Integrated Management project supported by GIZ. Fifteen study villages were selected to comprehend the landscape and wetland ecosystems during the ten days’ field visit.
“Fishing folks are the most vulnerable in the wetland ecosystem, deprived of opportunities, subjected to socio-economic issues”
“FINDINGS: Over the last two decades, entire ground water in the area became saline and the community fetch Kollidam river water for drinking”