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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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 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
Visit wetlands to eat plant matter, crayfish, aquatic insects, mollusks, and fish. Males and females make nests in shallow wetlands among plants and roots. Juveniles also use these wetlands as nursery areas.
 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
The five classes are: bog, fen, marsh, swamp, and shallow water. Some wetlands accumulate peat (partially-decomposed organic matter) and are called peatlands. Bogs and fens are the dominant peatland classes in Alberta, although some swamps and marshes can also accumulate peat.
 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
The swamp maples which dominate our forested wetlands, as well as river maple and swamp white oak, are major wetland foods for birds and small mammals. Grains from wetland grasses, like reed canary grass and wild rice are widely eaten.
 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
Many agricultural techniques like mowing and haying can also be used to manage vege- tation in and around wetland sites. ... Slight alterations in typical farm activities can profoundly impact a wetland and its native communities.
 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
Preserve and protect aquatic resources. ... Restore ecological integrity. ... Restore natural structure. ... Restore natural function. ... Work within the watershed and broader landscape context. ... Understand the natural potential of the watershed. ... Address ongoing causes of degradation. ... Develop clear, achievable and measurable goals.
 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
Wetlands are superb at purifying polluted water, replenishing aquifers and harboring wildlife. But they are almost always terrible places to build houses. ... Wetlands act like natural sponges on the landscape, absorbing and then gradually releasing storm waters and lessening flood damage.
 GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR
GORAKHNATH BHASKAR PAWAR 4 years 11 months ago
Wetlands continuously remove and store atmospheric carbon. Plants take it out of the atmosphere and convert it into plant tissue, and ultimately into soil when they die and decompose. At the same time, microbes in wetland soils release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere as they consume organic matter.