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Move to protect State wetlands [1]

The State Government has submitted a proposal to the Centre for the preservation of all the wetlands in Assam, said the Minister in charge of Environment and Forest, Rockybul Hussain. In reply to a Zero Hour question by Ananta Deka (CPM) in the State Assembly today, the Minister said that the State has 3513 wetlands covering an area of 101239 hectares.

Publication Date: 
09/12/2009
Assam Tribune (Guwahati) [2]
Tags:
Ecology [3], Wetlands [4], Deepar Beel [5], Birds [6], Migratory Species [7], Wetland Conservation [8], Assam [9]
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecology
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetlands
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deepar-beel
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/birds
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/migratory-species
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/wetland-conservation
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/assam