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Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India
… for sustainable management of water resources 50 Ousteri wetland, Puducherry 52 53 Jammu and Kashmir 55 CHAPTER 4 … the east and west coast. As per data contained in National Wetland Atlas of 2011, India has 15.26 million hectares (mha) … of inland wetlands. As per data contained in National Wetland Atlas of 2011, of the 15.26 million ha area under …
Document - The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands: its History and Development
… throughout the world which have designated almost 600 wetland sites onto the Ramsar List of Wetlands of … the past decades. Ornithologists were the first to support wetland conservation, because they wished to maintain the … and fish were taking the lead in calling for a halt to wetland destruction in the developed countries. Losses were …
Ramsar Convention Manual, 6th Edition
… The wise use of wetlands 4.2.1 Establishment of national wetland policies 4.2.2 Knowledge of wetlands and their values 4.2.3 Action at particular wetland sites 4.3 Listed Sites 4.3.1 Criteria for identifying … The Ramsar Sites Database 4.3.4 Classification System for Wetland Type 4.3.5 The Montreux Record 4.3.6 The Ramsar …
Major components of the Ramsar Convention- extract from InforMEA e-learning course
… ecosystem. The Convention Manual states that five major wetland types are generally recognized: Marine: coastal … Ramsar List Each state party shall designate at least one wetland for inclusion in a List of Wetlands of International … of urgent national interests, a state may also delete a wetland from the list or restrict its boundaries. The state …