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5Carbon sequestration - directly and indirectly by supporting trees around
Challenges faced by wetlands:
1Encroachment due to rise in urbanization and population explosion eg: Bangalore losing lakes for real estate
2Sewage dumping and industrial effluents dumping into wetlands eg: Ulsor lake frothing, Thermal pollution - dumping hot water
Eutrophication - from agriculture runoff
3Unsustainable water pumping out of wetland had led to decrease in water level
4Blocking of channels that flow into the wetland
5Invasive alien species (IAS) in and around wetlands eg: African catfish
Corrective steps:
1Data collection on the number of wetlands and status: This will be 1st step towards any conservation effort eg: Wetland Census 2023
2Constructing artificial wetlands than can all as natural habitat
3Removing illegal encroachments and rehabilitating channels that flow into wetland
4Sewage treatment plants and effluent treatment plants to be constructed
Amrit Prabaker Scheme can be a step towards making wetlands heritage and antic of our approach towards SDGs.
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- Comprehensive list of challenges
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- Practical and actionable corrective measures
- Mention of government schemes
- Comprehensive approach to conservation
- Good understanding of administrative steps
Topper
Snehith Chakka
AIR 1392025
Subject & Paper
GS1GS1
Topic
Sustainable Development
Wetland ecosystems
Challenges and corrective steps for wetlands
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167
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Policy-focused, solution-oriented
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