1.3.3 Shipwrecks and important shipping incidences.Among the smaller ports are Gopalpur Port, Kakinada and Payra. Important ports include Chennai, Ennore, Chittagong, Colombo, Kolkata- Haldia, Mongla, Paradip, Port Blair, Matarbari, Thoothukudi, Visakhapatnam and Dhamra. A number of large rivers flow into the Bay of Bengal: the GangesвЂ“ Hooghly, the Padma, the BrahmaputraвЂ“ Jamuna, the BarakвЂ“ SurmaвЂ“ Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Godavari, the Mahanadi, the Brahmani, the Baitarani, the Krishna and the Kaveri. The Bay of Bengal occupies an area of 2,600,000 square kilometres (1,000,000В sqВ mi). Cox's Bazar, the longest sea beach in the world and Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest and the natural habitat of the Bengal tiger, are located along the bay. At the time, the Port of Kolkata served as the gateway to the Crown rule in India. During the existence of British India, it was named as the Bay of Bengal after the historic Bengal region. There are countries dependent on the Bay of Bengal in South Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the largest water region called a bay in the world. Its southern limit is a line between Sangaman Kanda, Sri Lanka and the north westernmost point of Sumatra, Indonesia. The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. The government of Palau puts out a bi-annual SDG report that will include a description of the work being done by this project, and the team is working to emphasize the human health component of the project in relation to the SDGs.15В°N 88вЋ п»ї / п»ї 15В°N 88вЋ п»ї / 15 88 Coordinates: 15В°N 88вЋ п»ї / п»ї 15В°N 88вЋ п»ї / 15 88 Plans to evaluate proposed and recommended sites in person have been delayed due to COVID, and the team is working on finalizingВ the tool once in-situ data can be incorporated into an updated analysis. Figure 3 illustrates the specific siting recommendations made forВ finish and giant clams due to their importance to the citizens of Palau. As shownВ in Figure 4, the tool utilizes this data and others to map out optimal locations for aquaculture sites. MUR data is collected on SST (sea surface temperature) and SST DHW (sea surface temperature degree heating week). MODIS data is collected on Chlorophyll a and Kd490 (turbidity). The prototype online mapping tool proposes aquaculture sites as well as aquaculture areas based on the project team's analysis. TNC intends to utilize the training materials for an upcoming aquaculture siting project in 2022 in Lake Victoria, Kenya.Д¬reation of aquaculture spatial planning and modeling tool (SDG 14.1, 14.2 & 14.7) The trainings will finish in September 2021 and will be available for use in aquaculture siting and spatial management endeavors around the world. TNC has built the training model with broader applications to aquaculture development efforts ongoing around the world in mind.

Due to covid restrictions, the trainings had to be moved online, although this allowed for the course to be developed in greater depth and at a slower pace than originally planned. The goal of the training is to eliminate the need for outside assistance with aquaculture spatial siting in Palau once the project period finishes. The project team developed a multi-month online spatial siting and aquaculture training course through ArcGIS for Palau stakeholders and students. Trainings in aquaculture spatial siting capacities for Palau stakeholders (SDG 14.1 & 14.2) CREDIT: THE NATURE CONSERVANCY, AUGUST 2021. PALAU AQUACULTURE SPATIAL PLANNING AND MODELLING TOOL PROTOTYPE.

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