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Conservation of Wetlands in India: A Profile
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Publication released on
World Wetlands Day
2 February 2007

Conservation Division-I
Ministry of Environment & Forests
Government of India
New Delhi

Conservation of Wetlands in India: A Profile

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© Ministry of Environment & Forests, Government of India, 2007

Material in this publication can be reproduced with due acknowledgment.

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Back cover
1. Dredging of new mouth in progress

Front cover
4. Sea water entering Chilika lagoon through new mouth

2. Widening of outer channel towards new mouth

3. Last stage of dredging for opening the new mouth

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5. Flushing of lake water through new mouth

6. New mouth after full dredging

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Nalsarovar Wetland – one of the identified wetlands under
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‘India’s freshwater resources comprise the single most important class of natural endowments enabling its economy and its human settlement patterns. The fresh water resources comprise the river systems, groundwater and wetlands. Each of these has a unique role, and characteristic linkages to other environmental entities----Wetlands, natural and manmade, freshwater or brackish, provide numerous ecological services. They provide habitat to aquatic flora and fauna, as well as numerous species of birds, including migratory species’----- A holistic view of Wetlands is necessary which looks at each identified Wetlands in terms of its causal linkages with other natural entities, human needs, and its own attributes.

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