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Ecology & Environment
Pradeep Kumar

03/10/21 09:15 AM IST

Wetlands of India Portal

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On the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti a web portal – Wetlands of India Portal.

Details
  • The portal is a single point access to all information relating to wetlands.
  • The portal is a dynamic system for processing information and making it available to the stakeholders in an efficient and accessible manner.
  • The portal also hosts capacity building material, data repository, videos and and information for students.
  • Importantly, a dashboard for each State and UT has been developed to access the portal and populate it with information of wetlands in their administration.
  • The portal would be populated by the different States and UTs and additional features may be added in the coming months.
  • The portal also enables citizen engagement. Currently citizens can register themselves and upload wetland related pictures across different themes. 
Wetland
  • A wetland is a place where the land is covered by water, either salt, fresh or somewhere in between.
  • Marshes and ponds, the edge of a lake or ocean, the delta at the mouth of a river, low-lying areas that frequently flood—all of these are wetlands.
Source: PIB

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