Ecosystem of East Calcutta Wetlands as an Example of Environmental Protection in India

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Type:	Conference Paper
Author:	Bandyopadhyay, Baisakhi
Conference:	Sustaining Commons: Sustaining Our Future, the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commons
Location:	Hyderabad, India
Conf. Date:	January 10-14
Date:	2011
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/10535/7291
Sector:	Land Tenure & Use Water Resource & Irrigation
Region:	Middle East & South Asia
Subject(s):	wetlands environmental protection
Abstract:	"Wetlands have been described as lands transitional between terrestrial and aquatic systems where the water table is usually at or near the surface or the land is covered by shallow water. The importance of wetlands lie in the fact that it maintains the food chain, ecological balance and absorb pollution, treat sewage and fulfills the requirement of fishes."

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