GS-1Specific Microtheme

Encroachment, Degradation, and Drying of Ramsar Wetlands/Peatlands

Mapped under Changes in Water Bodies → Topic 15 Geographical Features and Changes

📝 2 Questions (Sorted Recent First 2025–2013)

Other Microthemes in Changes in Water Bodies:

Shrinking and Drying Up of Major Inland Water Bodies (Aral Sea, Lake Chad)Encroachment, Degradation, and Drying of Ramsar Wetlands/Peatlands Depletion, Quality Degradation, and Salinization of Coastal Aquifers Alteration of River Courses, River Drying, Seasonal Stream Disruption Sea-Level Rise, Thermal Expansion, Inundation of Low-Lying Islands Estuarine and Coastal Lagoon Shrinkage (Chilika, Vembanad)

UPSC Mains Questions on "Encroachment, Degradation, and Drying of Ramsar Wetlands/Peatlands" (2)

2023 marks

Comment on the National Wetland Conservation Programme initiated by the Government of India and name a few India’s wetlands of international importance included in the Ramsar Sites.

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2021 marks

What are the environmental implications of the reclamation of water bodies into urban land use? explain with examples?

Q24No match yet

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