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Drained - India's inland wetlands

DTE, Down To Earth (2005) Drained - India's inland wetlands. Down To Earth, Vol.13 (20). pp. 33-34. ISSN 0971-8079

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Abstract

During the last ten years, India has lost about 38 per cent of its inland wetlands; in some districts, as much as 88 per cent of the wetlands have disappeared. Almost all wetlands are heavily contaminated with pesticides and heavy metals. Rich in biodiversity, wetlands seem to be a preferred site for landfills for solid wastes from various sources, and an end point for industrial and domestic untreated effluents. For instance, as much as 3,500 tonnes of municipal waste and 32 million litres of domestic effluents are dumped daily into the Pallikarnai wetland in Tamil Nadu. This is despite the fact that the wetland harbours the precious germplasm of Oryza rufipogon, a wild variety of rice.

Item Type: Articles
Keywords: India, Wetlands, Statistics, Pesticides, Pollution
Subjects: Biodiversity
Depositing User: Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited: 02 Feb 2022 07:17
Last Modified: 23 May 2022 04:00
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10532

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