Wetland or wasteland? : environement : [India]
Abstract/Sommario:
The Vembanad lake, the second largest wetland in India, is in a state of precipitous decline. People pay serious money to come to Kerala and board the rococo boats to drift along quietly and be 'ecotourists'. The growing number of houseboat tourists increase the ecological threat to the lake. It has shrunk to one-third of its original size in over a century and a half and is a sink for pollutants brought by six rivers. However, a conservation effort is on, involving local communities ...; [leggi tutto]
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| Descrizione | Wetland or wasteland? : environement : [India]/ Sally Duncan |
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IN Per: Frontline, vol. 26, n.9 (2009 May 8) p. 64-72 : ill.
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| ID scheda | 64493 |