Status of wetlands in India: A review of extent, ecosystem benefits, threats and management strategies
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In this article, the authors reviewed the wetland wealth of India in terms of their geographic distribution and extent, ecosystem benefits they provide, and the various stresses they are exposed to, and discussed the efforts at management of these fragile ecosystems, identifies the institutional vacuum and suggests priority area where immediate attention is required in order to formulate better conservation strategies for these productive systems.About:
This article is published in Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies.The article was published on 2014-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 312 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Ecological goods and services & Wetland.read more
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The economic value of wetlands in developing countries: a meta-regression analysis
TL;DR: This article presented the first comprehensive synthesis of economic valuations of wetlands in developing countries using Meta-regression analysis (MRA) and found that wetlands are a normal good, wetland size has a negative effect on wetland values, and urban wetlands and marine wetlands are more valuable than other wetlands.
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New policy directions for global pond conservation
Matthew J. Hill,Christopher Hassall,Beat Oertli,Lenore Fahrig,Belinda J. Robson,Jeremy Biggs,Michael J. Samways,Nisikawa Usio,Noriko Takamura,Jagdish Krishnaswamy,Paul J. Wood +10 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose practical steps for the effective incorporation or enhancement of ponds within five policy areas: through open water sustainable urban drainage systems in urban planning, increased incentives in agrienvironment schemes, curriculum inclusion in education, emphasis on ecological scale in mitigation measures following anthropogenic developments, and the inclusion of pondscapes in conservation policy.
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Urban expansion and wetland shrinkage estimation using a GIS-based model in the East Kolkata Wetland, India
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyzed the eco-social transformation of the East Kolkata Wetland (EKW) and examined the patterns and drivers of wetland change in the EKW.
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Dynamic monitoring of the Poyang Lake wetland by integrating Landsat and MODIS observations
TL;DR: Wang et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a spatiotemporal adaptive fusion model for NDVI products (STAFFN), to better blend highly resolved spatial and temporal information from multiple sensors.
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Wetland ecosystem services research: A critical review
TL;DR: A systematic literature review was conducted by collecting 1711 peer-reviewed articles through the Web of Science and ScienceDirect by searching the combined keywords “ecosystem service” OR “ECosystem services” and “wetland”.
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What are Ecosystem Services? The Need for Standardized Environmental Accounting Units
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TL;DR: In this paper, an international treaty (the 1971 Ramsar Convention) has helped 144 nations protect the most significant remaining wetlands in the world, and restoration techniques are improving, although the recovery of lost biodiversity is challenged by invasive species which thrive under disturbance and displace natives.
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