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CONTENTS
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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I. INTRODUCTION 1
A. Conservation of natural resources in Sri Lanka 1
B. Coastal Region 1
C. Economic importance of coastal region 2
D. Coastal Zone Management 4
E. Special Area Management (SAM) Concept 5
F. Trincomalee Bay 6
G. North East Coastal Community Development Project (NECCDEP) 7
II. SAM PLANNING PROCESS 10
A. Scope of the planning process 10
B. Standard SAM Planning process of CZMP of CCD 10
III.
PREPARATION OF INTERIM SMA PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION BY
NECCDEP 13
A. SMA process adopted in NECCDEP 13
B. Scope of Interim SMA Plan 14
C. Interim SMA 14
D. Special Management Area Committee 16
E. Consultation process 16
F. Identification of environmental priority areas and interventions 18
G. Implementation of interim SMA plan 19
H. Work plan 19
IV. ENVIRONMENTAL PROFILE OF TRINCOMALEE BAY 20
A. Introduction 20
B. Physical environment 21
C. Biological environment 25
D. Socio-economic environment 33
V. COMPREHENSIVE SAM PLANNING 43
A. Background 43
B. Scope of the SAM Planning 43
C. Methodology 43
D. Present status of issues/threats in management of SAM Area 50
E. Draft SAM Plan 56
F. DSAM CCC consultation 56
G. Presentation of final draft to CCD 56
H. SWOT analysis 57
I. Planning process 58
J. Comparison of this SAM planning methodology with the CCD guidelines. 58
VI. COMPREHENSIVE SAM PLAN OF TRINCOMALEE BAY (TB SAM) 60
A. Mission of SAM and Overall management Objectives 60
B. Demarcation of the SAM area 60
C. TB SAM Buffer Zone 63
D. Sub-zoning of the TB SAM 64
E. TB SAM core conservation zone sub-zones 65
F. TB SAM buffer zone sub-zones 68