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•  India abounds in natural and manmade lakes and the issue of their conservation, and protection is a cause of increasing concern, given the pollution and over-extraction of water for use. MS Reddy and NVV Char have written a document titled ‘ Management of Lakes in India’. The informative document classifies the various types of lakes, highlights their environmental status and discusses management measures for their protection. To read more,click on India, and their conservation campaigns, click on  
  If India were to be known as a country of lakes, then it would not be without reason. The link from Wikipedia lists out the lakes from most states of India.

           Case study from World lakes Organisation

           Wikipedia on lakes of India

• The Ramsar Convention, which is an intergovernmental treaty to maintain wetlands of international importance in member countries and to plan for its sustainable use. It  has classified the important wetlands of the world, based on their economic and scientific values, for effective conservation and sustainable utilization of their resources. These wetlands are called as Ramsar sites. The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has designated 25 sites in Indiaas Wetlands of International Importance. The information has been sourced from the website of The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. visit the site

• Many states are making efforts to revive their lakes. Will their efforts usher in a sustainable stakeholders participatory conservation in the future? Find out about the status of lake conservation programmes in Central Western Himalayas based on a case study from the People's Science Institute about Water management traditions in Central – Western Himalaya. Source

• Cities often dump their wastewater in wetlands. Kolkata has innovated an unique way to treat its huge volumes of daily sewage dumped into East Kolkata wetlands at no expense. It has created sewage fed fish ponds that maintain a balance of plankton population and also provide a substantial supply of freshwater fish. The local farmers and the government worked together to implement the wetlands conservation and management measures.
  The documents have been taken from WWF, East Kolkata Wetland Management Authority, and  website of the Department of Environment, the Government of West Bengal,
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