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Eco-development as a tool for the control of climate change hazards of Kuttanad Wetlands of Kerala [1]

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The wetland ecosystem all over the world is fundamentally characterized by water stress as a focus of environmental impacts on biodiversity and human habitats. In Kerala scenario, with 44 rivers and distinctive physio-geographical features, the wetland system offers an opportunity to carry out intensive research and to address sustainable development issues, in which a model area identified is the Kuttanad wetlands.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2010
P. K. K. Nair [2], P. K. Shaji [3], T. Alexander [4]
Enviro News [5]
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Environment [6], Wetlands [7], Climate Change [8], Flora [9], Kerala [10], Alappuzha (D) [11], Enviro News [5], P. K. K. Nair [2], P. K. Shaji [3], T. Alexander [4], Ecosystems [12]
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