), Biodiversity loss, economic and ecological issues , … It not only serves as the city’s kidney with millions of litres of wastewater treated every day, it also uses the wastewater for fisheries and vegetable farming — a rare global example of use of wetlands.

One of the wetlands which provides most of the ecosystem services as designated in the millennium assessment report about wetlands is the East Kolkata Westlands or EKW. The 12,500 hectares of East Kolkata Wetlands is overseen by a management authority and protected by a series of judicial verdicts.

In dollar terms, the services wetlands provide are invaluable. wetland area INTRODUCTION The wetlands of East Calcutta Wetlands or the East Kolkata Wetlands are famous all over the world for their multiple uses and were designated as “wetland of international importance” under the Ramsar Convention on August 19, 2002.

The hydrological setup of these wetlands is completely different from any other wetland in India.

Urban growth of Kolkata 28 The East Kolkata Wetlands 30 ... to understand the impact of urbanisation on biodiversity based on the study of two ... smaller cities and towns, particularly those located in biodiversity rich areas that are of serious concern to conservation (fig 1.1). (1995). Biodiversity, traditional practices and sustainability issues of East Kolkata Wetlands: A significance Ramsar site ofWest Bengal, (India) EKW is the world’s largest resource recycling ecosystem which helps to treat around 600 million litres of … Photo credit: Sudin Pal. Keywords: East Kolkata Wetland, Gosaba Island , Fungal Diversity , Isolation , Biodiversity. However, with the disappearance of most of the wetlands for urban construction or other purposes, it poses a serious …

In this animated short she explains the ideal process of bioremediation taking place in East Kolkata Wetlands Other films of this project, especially Ecologist’s Perspective reveal some of the disruptions to this ideal process.

East Kolkata Wetland (EKW), earlier known as East Calcutta Wetland (22° 27’ N 88° 27’ E) is also rich in biodiversity as it contains about 104 plant species, about 20 important mammalian species, various threatened reptiles, more than 40 bird species including both local and migratory types, 52 endemic varieties of fishes of which 34 are threatened and a huge number of diverse microbial populations …

Yet, there are no studies that Turner, R. K., and Bateman, I. J. ecologically rich East Kolkata Wetlands in the vicinity. ‘Wetland Valuation: three case studies’, in Perring et al (eds. Dr. Shaon Ray Chaudhuri is an eminent biologist working on the microbial biodiversity of the East Kolkata Wetlands. Their plants and rich soil may provide one buffer against global climate change, by storing carbon instead of releasing it into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. With such rich biodiversity, attempts on understanding biodiversity components, determining measures of impacts on biodiversity, and developing necessary conservation and management strategies are necessary. East Kolkata Wetland (EKW), earlier known as East Calcutta Wetland (22° 27’ N 88° 27’ E) is also rich in biodiversity as it contains about 104 plant species, about 20 important mammalian