Chilika Lake in Orissa
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Area: 116,500 ha
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Assistance released so far: Rs 783.29 Lakhs (since 1988-89 to till date)
Conservation Measures
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Catchment area treatment
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Participatory Integrated Watershed Management
- Habitat improvement of Nalabana island
- Weed
Management
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Hydrological intervention for opening of new mouth
The opening of the new
mouth has led to the following positive impacts on the
lagoon ecosystem:
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Improvement of the fishery
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Reduction in area under freshwater invasive species:
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Increased flushing of sediments
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Reduced waterlogging:
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Community Participation and Development
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Awareness Generation:
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Removal of Chilika Lagoon from Montreaux Record and Ramsar Award to Chilika Development Authority
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Chilika Development
Authority was awarded the Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award and Evian Special Prize in Ramsar CoP 8 meeting held
in Spain in 2002 for its outstanding
achievement in restoring the Chilika Lake.
Harike wetland in Punjab (Ramsar Site)
Location: Amritsar, Kapurthala
and Ferozpur districts of Punjab.
Area: 41
sq km
Funds released so far: 251.124 lakhs (1987-2007)
Ecological features:
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Strategic reservoir for providing irrigation and drinking water
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This wetland is a habitat for over 400 species of birds, 7 species of turtles
and other fauna and 170 species
of flora.
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Very important rare birds like Indian Skimmer, Yellow eye Pigeon, Rufous-vented
Prinia are found in the wetland
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1000 of migratory birds visit this wetland during winter. Conservation Measures
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Removal of water hyacinth by manual, mechanical and biological means.
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Water quality monitoring, catchment area treatment, mapping and survey,
documentation
of biological diversity has been carried out.
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Govt of Punjab involved Army for removal of weeds from Harike wetland
in 2000-01. army had cleared an
area of 7.5 km
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Soil conservation measures like earthen bunds, masonary drops structures,
plantation,
vegetative structures have been carried out in the catchment area.
Sambhar Wetland (Rajasthan)
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The wetland has an area of 1, 39,325 ha
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Sambhar wetland in Rajasthan is one of 94identified wetlands by the Ministry of Environment
and Forests for conservation and management.
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This wetland is also one of the 25 international wetlands under Ramsar
Convention.
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Sambhar wetland is under stress mainly due to siltataion, encroachment,
conversion
of land for agricultural uses and salt production activities.
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This wetland is the most important wintering area for Lesser and Greater
Flamingoes
in India outside the Rann of Kutch. During the period from July to October numbers
of Flamingoes visit the wetland.
Conservation Measures
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An amount of Rs 247.45 lakhs for undertaking soil conservation activities
like survey
& demarcation, contour bunding, drainage line treatment, check dams, silt
detention structures, gabion structures, vegetative measures, afforestation
in Sikar, Ajmer and Nagaur etc.
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The work for Rs 61.45 lakhs released during 2006-07 is under progress.
Keoladeo Ghana World Heritage Site
(Rajasthan)
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Area: 28.72 sq
km
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Ecological features:
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The Keoladeo Ghana
world Heritage site known as the GHANA was declared a National park on 26th.
August, 1981.
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As per the provision of the Wild life ( Protection) Act, 1972, grazing
of livestocks
inside the Keoladeo Ghana NP was banned in 1982
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The park supports a wide diversity of habitats. The flora consists of 375
species of
angiosperms of which 90 species are wetland species.
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The fauna is significant from ornithological point of view being regular
wintering the area in India for
the central population of the rare and endangered Siberian crane.
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In the recent year there has been reduction in the number of migratory
birds visiting the Park including
Siberian crane
Conservation Measures
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Feral cattle within the park are a serious issue for the management. The
local people often dump their useless cattle inside the park and retrieve them only when they start giving milk.
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Water is an issue of prime concern for the Park. The Park requires a total
of 540 million cubic feet for flooding and this water comes from the Ajan Bandh,
the flow being controlled by the irrigation Deptt, Govt of Rajasthan.
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Poaching
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Tourism
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Under the scheme 'Development of national Park and Sanctuaries' Govt of
India has approved financial assistance
for the Park to carry out management interventions.
Pong Dam wetland in Himachal
Pradesh(Ramsar Site)
Location: Kangra district of
H. P.
Area: 15,662 ha
Funds released so far: Rs 191.13 lakhs
Ecological features:
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Pong Dam wetland in H.P. is one
of 94identified wetlands by the Ministry of Environment and Forests for conservation and management.
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This wetland is
also one of the 25 international wetlands under Ramsar Convention.
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Pong dam wetland is used for irrigation purposes. „
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This wetland is
a habitat for over 1000 species of birds ( migratory and residential)
Conservation Measures
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Water quality monitoring, catchment area treatment, mapping and survey,
documentation
of biological diversity has been carried out.
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Soil conservation measures like earthen bunds, masonary drops structures,
plantation,
vegetative structures have been carried out in the catchment area.
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An amount of Rs 191.13 lakhs has been released so far, for the conservation
and management activities in this
wetland .
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The assistance
has also been provided to the state govt for
making a documentary film on pong dam wetland
Kolleru wetland in Andhra Pradesh(Ramsar site)
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Kolleru wetland
in A.P. is one of 94identified wetlands
by the Ministry of Environment and Forests
for conservation and management.
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This wetland is
also one of the 25 international wetlands under Ramsar
Convention.
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The area of the wetland is 19,100 ha.
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So far an amount of Rs 70.89 lakhs has been released.
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There was complains from Ramsar Secretariat for putting Kolleru wetland
under
Montreaux Record because of various detrimental activities in terms of
construction of fish ponds which resulted in hindrances
in water circulation and obnoxious weed growth in the wetland.
• Information in this regard was sent to the State
Govt, to give latest status about activities undertaken to save this wetland being
put under Montreaux Record..
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In response to our concern, a high level committee has been constituted
under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh to look into restoration
of Kolleru wetland in the State having number of Cabinet
Ministers
as its members. On directions from
Supreme Court all the
illegal fish farms have been demolished.
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State Govt, has also engaged some consultant to make a comprehensive Management Action Plan
for conservation of Kolleru wetland for long-term conservation measures.
Action pertaining to creation of Kolleru Development Authority has been initiated by State Govt.
Loktak Lake in Manipur (A Ramsar
site)
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Loktak Lake in Manipur is one of the 94 wetlands identified for conservation
under national wetland conservation
programme.
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This lake is also a Ramsar site under Ramsar convention.
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The total area of the lake is 26,600 ha.
• So far an amount of Rs 707.82 lakhs has been released.
Significant
achievements
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Establishment of baseline data
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Catchment area treatment
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Assessment of hydrological regimes
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Sustainable fisheries management
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Community based Demonstration programmes which include low Cost sanitation,
integrated farming, community owned hatchery, handloom and handicraft, formation and
management of self-help groups, income generation, smokeless chullahs, participatory rural
appraisal training, workshops on different aspects, infrastructural development
including lab, GIS equipment, data
base management
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Proliferation of Phumdi is a challenging problem which needs to be dealt
to save this wetland from further
deterioration.
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Phumdi's is being used as a source of making compost for use as fertilizer
Wullar in J&K (Ramsar site)
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Wullar Lake in
Kashmir situated in Baramullah district is one of the 94 wetlands identified for conservation under National
Wetland Conservation Programme.
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The total area of the lake is 18,900 ha.
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So far an amount of Rs 251.43 lakhs has been released to Govt of J&K
for activities like survey and
demarcation, afforestation
• Wullar is also a Ramsar
site. Main threats to the waterbody include siltation, encroachment, weed infestation,
loss of biodiversity, deterioration of water quality etc.
KP:PM
(Release ID :29706)