Need for a dedicated and broad-based national wetlands inventory programme
Update to theestimate for wetlands extent in India In March 2024, the Space Application Center published a high-resolution remote sensing assessment and analysis of Indian wetlands. The publication (hereinafter 2024 Atlas) has been prepared under Phase2 of the National Wetlands Inventory and Assessment programme of the Department of Space, Government…
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