Wetlands Conservation. Группа авторов

      Vijay Archa Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India

      Alvia Aslam Department of Environmental Science Central University of South Bihar Gaya Bihar India

      Sami Ullah Bhat Department of Environmental Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India

      Moharana Choudhury Voice of Environment (VoE) Guwahati Assam India

      Poulomi Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal India

      Meenakshi Chaurasia Department of Botany University of Delhi New Delhi India

      Shahid Ahmad Dar Department of Environmental Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India

Kausik Ghosh Department of Geography Vidyasagar University Midnapore West Bengal India

      Ginkuntla Saikiran Goud Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India

      Shalini Gupta School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India

      Zoha Jafar Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India

      K.C. Jisha Department of Botany MES Asmabi College, P. Vemballur Kerala India

      Arun Kumar Kashyap Department of Biotechnology Government E. Raghavendra Rao PG Science College Bilaspur Chhattisgarh India

      Komal Department of Higher Education Government Degree College Bani Jammu and Kashmir India

      Ajay Kumar Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India

      Deepak Kumar United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) New Delhi India

      Raj Kumar Centre for Study of Regional Development School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India

      Rakesh Kumar Department of Environmental Sciences University of Jammu Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India

      Sushil Kumar Department of Botany Government Degree College Ramnagar Jammu and Kashmir India

Vijay Kumar Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities Faculty of Engineering & Technology Rama University Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India

      Sughosh Madhav School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India

      Gauhar Mahmood Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India

      Shilpi Nagar Department of Environmental Studies University of Delhi New Delhi India and Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) New Delhi India

      Sadaf Nazneen Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India

      Purushothaman Parthasarathy Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering and Technology Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chengalpattu Tamil Nadu India

      Kajal Patel Department of Botany University of New Delhi New Delhi India

      Mahika Phartiyal Centre for the Study of Regional Development School of Social Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India

      Jos T. Puthur Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Division Department of Botany University of Calicut Malappuram Kerala India

      Arun M. Radhakrishnan Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India

Nirala Ramchiary School of Life Sciences Laboratory of Translational and Evolutionary Genomics Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India

      Deeksha Ranjan Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities Faculty of Engineering & Technology Rama University Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India

      Rajesh Kumar Ranjan Department of Environmental Science Central University of South Bihar Gaya Bihar India

      Irfan Rashid Department of Geoinformatics School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India

      Rohit Rattan Western Himalayas Conservation Programme World Wide Fund for Nature India New Delhi India

      Krishna Rawat School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India

      Vijay Saigal Department of Law University of Jammu Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India

      Bharti Sharma School of Biosciences and Biotechnology BGSB University Rajouri Jammu and Kashmir India

      Sanjeev Sharma Centre for the Study of Regional Development School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India

      Sudeep Shukla Environment Pollution Analysis Lab Bhiwadi Alwar Rajasthan India

      Pardeep Singh Department of Environmental Studies PGDAV College University of Delhi New Delhi India

      Jitendra Kumar Singh School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India

Shuchita Singh Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology Jodhpur Rajasthan India

      Indu Tripathi Department of Environmental Studies University of Delhi New Delhi India

      Khushaboo Verma Faculty of Education Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India

      Reeta Verma School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India

      Vidya P. Warrier Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India and Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu India

      Amit Kumar Yadav School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India

1 Global Wetlands : Categorization, Distribution and Global Scenario

       Sanjeev Sharma1*, Mahika Phartiyal1, Sughosh Madhav2, and Pardeep Singh3

       1 Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

       2 School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India

       3 Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India

       * Sanjeev Sharma, Email: [email protected]; Cell: [phone]

1.1 Wetlands Definition, Categorization and Classification Criteria

      Wetlands form a crucial part of the socio‐ecological system as they are a storehouse of numerous ecosystems services. Wetland systems manage hydrological processes and preserve the natural ecological system to regulate the ecological balance and well‐being of humanity. Economic interests of the environment of the wetlands have not been recognised yet by policy planners and decision‐makers, neither at the global level, nor at regional levels. Wetlands are distributed in all geographical regions and climate zones of the planet earth. Globally and nationally, many attempts