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Eco-Tales exchanging ideas, suggestions on 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation

Eco-Tales exchanging ideas, suggestions on 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation
Start Date :
Jun 04, 2021
Last Date :
Jun 30, 2021
23:45 PM IST (GMT +5.30 Hrs)
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We at Central Pollution Control Board, MOEF&CC, are offering you an open and free-flowing discussion forum where you can share your valuable ideas, your thoughts, tell us your ...

We at Central Pollution Control Board, MOEF&CC, are offering you an open and free-flowing discussion forum where you can share your valuable ideas, your thoughts, tell us your stories and suggestions about 'Wetland Management and Biodiversity Conservation.’, its usage its value towards humankind(based on this year's theme- Ecosystem Restoration).

Inviting ideas on the occasion of World Environment Day 2021.

The last date for submission is 25th June 2021

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ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA 4 years 11 months ago
Construction of canals and diversion of streams and rivers to transport water to lower arid regions for irrigation has altered the drainage pattern and significantly degraded the wetlands of the region.
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA 4 years 11 months ago
Following the Green Revolution of the 1970s, vast stretches of wetlands have been converted to paddy fields. Construction of a large number of reservoirs, canals and dams to provide for irrigation significantly altered the hydrology of the associated wetlands.
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA 4 years 11 months ago
Due to unplanned urban and agricultural development, industries, road construction, impoundment, resource extraction and dredge disposal, wetlands have been drained and transformed, causing substantial economic and ecological losses in the long term.
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA
ARUN KUMAR GUPTA 4 years 11 months ago
Wetlands near urban centres are under increasing developmental pressure for residential, industrial and commercial facilities. Urban wetlands are essential for preserving public water supplies.