Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer of Tamil Nadu cadre, Mr. Satheesh, who is posted as CCF in Trichy, shared a video of mangrove planting using the fish bone technique.
The video is from Thanjavur and the work has been done in the coastal areas, under DFO and IFS officer Nikhil.
The fish bone technique is used in such inter-tidal areas which are elevated and, therefore, do not receive regular tidal inundation. However, by improving inundation conditions, these areas become suitable for mangrove development. Thus, channels are dug similar to fish bone structure.
As mangroves require periodic flushing by salt water, the forest department created artificial channels into the land bank identified for planting. Then water was brought to the land banks through these channel cuts and the propagules of the mangroves were planted alongside the channel.
Fish bone … technique ??? .. Mangrove planting 😍Kudos Akhil IFS Thanjavur DFO pic.twitter.com/lzgCF2rouj
— Satheesh IFS (@satheeshifs) September 14, 2023
