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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… Environment Policy stresses that the most secure basis for protection of nature is to ensure that people dependent on … probability of maintaining effective reproductive units of plant and animal populations. Landscape fragmentation, which … 2,100 species are endemic. A number of endangered or rare plant species have their type locations in the Western Ghats. …
31 May 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Guidance for identifying and designating peatlands, wet grasslands, mangroves and coral reefs as Wetlands of International Importance

… vegetation entirely. Peat is dead and partially decomposed plant remains that have accumulated in situ under waterlogged … specific biodiversity, comprising rare and threatened plant and animal species and communities, including … interactions. They play an important role in storm protection and coastal stabilization. 38. Worldwide, mangrove …
31 May 2026 Document

Ramsar Fact Sheet 8 Keep Peatlands wet for a better future

… and is created by the accumulation of partially decomposed plant materials. The layers of peat build up over sometimes …
31 May 2026 Document