Category: Citizen Science
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Huge Opportunity and Even Bigger Challenges: Wetland Restoration in the Urban
Ajay Immanuel Gonji It has been a little over a year and a half since Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) entered into a management agreement with the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to restore a small relict of the Jahangirpuri group of wetlands. The Dheerpur Wetland Park (DWP) is an ambitious collaborative project between AUD and DDA…
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Implications of New Wetland Rules 2016.
By Vijaylakshmi Suman In order to protect and conserve wetlands as it is one of the important ecosystems, Central Government had made rules for conservation and management of wetlands in 2010. In March 2016, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has come up with new set of rules with an intention to protect…
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Referencing is Central to Ecological Restoration?
Vijaylakshmi Suman Ecologists use referencing information in ecological restoration to define pre-set goals and approach to evaluating the success of a project. The larger goal is also to determine the condition under which restored ecosystem would sustain on its own. The selection and use of reference information is a central and defining issue for restoration…
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Does Inclusion of People in Ecological Restoration Need a New Kind of Language?
Vijaylakshmi Suman Contemporary projects of ecological restoration are keen to incorporate societal concern as an integral part of the process. The practice of ecological restoration is accepting perception of public and desires towards the natural environment. These public figures are mostly lay people, volunteers, academic etc. Participation of diverse population will provide the opportunity to…