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Wetlands are important ecosystems that provide benefits such as flood control, water purification, and biodiversity conservation. In India, however, wetlands are threatened by pollution, encroachment, and rampant real estate development. This brief assesses the East Kolkata Wetlands to illustrate the challenges of preserving urban wetlands in India. It also presents recommendations to establish more comprehensive wetlands management and conservat
Coherent management and governance of urban wetlands in India needs to be initiated to secure the urban ecological balance and add to the city’s eco
This paper argues in favour of integrating valuation of ecosystem services in development policy planning in India. The paper presents three cases where monetary values of ecosystem services have been estimated to illustrate the significance of the exercise: the Terai Arc Landscape (TAL) in Uttarakhand, the Kunigal Wetlands in Karnataka, and the Indian Sundarbans Delta (ISD) in West Bengal. The first two cases highlight the ecosystem-livelihoods
The apparent hydrological paradox is natural, but its impact is man-made.
अगर आप चाहते हैं कि धरती की उर्वरता बनी रहे, भू-गर्भ जल का स
शहरी भागातील पर्यावरणीय समतोल राखण्यासाठी, शहराच्या आर्थिक मूल्यांमध्ये भर घालण्यासाठी भारतातील नागरी पाणथळ प्रदेशांचे सुसंगत व्यवस्थापन करणे आवश्यक आहे.
