London. B. Chatterjee, A. Gupta, and P. K. Mukhopadhyay (eds. Stewart. DOE (1999). Management of East Calcutta Wetlands and Canal Systems.

guide for policy makers and planners, Ramsar Copnvention Bureau, Gland, Switzerland.

To make an order directing demolition or alteration of any hoarding, frame, post, kiosk, structure, neon-signed or sky-sign, erected or exhibited illegally for the purpose of advertisement on any land within the East Kolkata wetlands.

West Bengal. Development and Management of the Calcutta canal systems and wetlands, Report of the committee constituted by the Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal. ), The Calcutta Municipal Gazette: Official organ of the Corporation, Central Municipal Office, Calcutta, India, 42(7). Sewage fed aquaculture based artificial wetland, like East Kolkata Wetland (EKW), is a robust example of potential carbon sink and spin-off. Ghosh, A., Maity, B., Chakrabarti, K., Chattopadhyay, D. (2007). The East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006 represents an important landmark as it paved way for establishment of the East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) for conservation and management of the EKW. In fact, the Environment Secretary, Kalyan Biswas, applied for the East Calcutta Wetlands to be designated a "wetland of international importance" under the Over the years, these wetlands have faced continuing threats and encroachment. Kormondy, E.J.(1974). and Shreela Chakrabarti (1999).Human Interventions and Changing Status. (1959).

19/08/02. Numerous species of fish are farmed in the sewage fed ponds called bheris in the East Kolkata wetlands.

____ (1997). The extinction of the species like, Aldrovand a vesiculos a L. from this region (Cook,1996) is an indication of habitat destruction of this important wetland. 01/2002, Department of Business Management, University of Calcutta. Waters, Conserving the source of life, WWF, Gland/Amsterdam. 2010.

Douglas, J. S. (1972). 12. To implement and monitor the activities specified in the action plans.

(ed. Sagittaria montividensis, cryptocoryne ciliata, Cyperus spp., crostichum aureum, Ipomoea Aquatica, etc. Community based rehabilitation of wetlands in West Bengal, India, S. B. Ray et al. EKW can sequester ~1.9 Mg C/ha/year, mitigating at least ~118 Gg atmospheric CO2/year. 2006. 11. Good R.E., Whigham, D. F., and Simpson, R.L.(1978). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. This first flight yielded many photographs like the one above, but served mostly as a day to ...East Kolkata Wetlands – A 360° View project was launched in 2011 with 3 short films created by students at Jadavpur University under the guidance of Fulbright-Nehru Visiting Lecturer Sanjeev Chatterjee who is an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and professor of electronic media at th ... Clarke, W. (1865). Reclamation and enhancement of biodiversity of the East Calcutta Wetlands, Project report prepared for British Council, Calcutta, implemented through WWF- India, West Bengal State Office.

His untiring efforts led to the listing of the East Kolkata Wetlands as a wetland of international importance by the Ramsar Conv ...Sewage Treatment – Naturally Dr. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri is an eminent biologist working on the microbial biodiversity of the East Kolkata Wetlands.

Rehabilitating Biodiversity: A community-based initiatives in the East Calcutta Wetlands, A Communiqué published through WWF-India (W.B.S.O. Schuyt, K., and Brander, L. (2004). Most recent RIS information: 2002. Trisal, C. L., and Zutshi, D. P. (1985). United Nations Development Programme (1998), Human Development Report 1998, Oxford University Press, New York. Biological Resources of East Calcutta Wetlands.

Ghosh, S. K. (2002). To enforce land use control in the substantially water body-oriented areas and other areas in the East Kolkata wetlands.

Microbial Genetic Resource Mapping of East Kolkata Wetland. (1997). 12,500 ha. Ekins, P. (1992).

From the air, Kolkata’s tower blocks are golden in the hazy, smoggy sunshine. Bose, B.C. Report of the committee to look into all aspects of the existing and permissible land uses in the East Kolkata Wetland Area, Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal. Irrigation and Waterways Directorate (1959). Its uniqueness is growing of fish in shallow ponds that receive wastewater from the core Kolkata city’s wards through the city’s outfall channels everyday. 91, No. 'Contribution of botany of a portion of Salt Lakes, West Bengal', Ind.Mus. With the rise of illegal landfills, expansion of real-estate projects, land encroachment and alteration, the ecosystem of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) is under serious threat.

'Empowering the Ecologically Handicapped; in V. G. Martin and M. A. Parthasarathy (eds.

Plus, carbon uptake by harvested fish crop corresponds to ~61 Gg CO2/year - rewarding USD 3.6/kg blue C harvested.The East Kolkata Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Act, 2006 represents an important landmark as it paved way for establishment of the East Kolkata Wetlands Management Authority (EKWMA) for conservation and management of the EKW.

A 7 km long flyover till Dumdum airport, with 192 pillars, has been proposed over the East Kolkata Wetlands, one of the 25 Ramsar sites in the country. A Directory of Asian Wetlands.

Mukherjee, D.P., Kumar, B., and Saha, R.(2005) Performance of Sewage - Ponds in Treating Wastewater (unpublished report), Central Pollution Control Board, Eastern Regional Office, Kolkata.