The Ramsar Photo GalleryPhoto essay: Bhoj Wetlands, Bhopal, India [file 2]
PHOTO
GALLERY
BHOJ WETLAND, BHOPAL, INDIA
Contributed by
Dr. (Mrs.) Madhu Verma,
Associate Professor, faculty area of Forest Resource Economics and Management, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal, India
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Threats to the Wetland
Slide 12: Washing
Activities in the Lower Lake
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 13: Agricultural
Encroachment Near Upper Lake
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 14: Population
Growth - Upper Lake in the Backdrop of Highly Urbanized Bhopal City
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 15: Flow of
Sewage and Siltation in Upper Lake from the Adjoining Colonies
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 16: Bathing
Activities in the Upper Lake at the Idol Immersion Bank
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 17: Water
Chestnut (Trapa bispinosa) Cultivation in Upper Lake – Illegally Done
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 18 : Weed (Eichornia crassipes) Growth in Upper Lake Causing Shrinkage of Lake Area and Less Water Availability
Captured in Camera by Project Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Restoration and Mitigation Activities
Slide 19: Gabian
Structure to Control Flow of Solid Waste
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 20: Construction
of Special Bank for Immersion of Idols
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 21: Removal of
Weeds (Eichornia crassipes and Ipomea aquatica)
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 22: Night View of Newly Constructed 5 kms Link Road Adjacent to Upper Lake Constructed as Buffer Zone to Check Encroachment
Captured in Camera by Central Color Lab, Bhopal
Slide 23: Afforestation Activities to Check Encroachment, Siltation and Flow of Sewage and Agricultural Residues
Captured in Camera by Project Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 24: Deepening
and Widening of Spill Channel
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Slide 26: Collection
of City’s Solid Waste
Captured in Camera by Project
Team of IIFM, Bhopal
Need to Conserve this Urban Wetland Finding of the project: People of Bhopal have showed high willingness to pay to conserve this heritage of the city of Historic City of Bhopal |
For further
information about the Convention on Wetlands, please contact the Ramsar Convention Bureau, Rue
Mauverney 28, CH-1196 Gland, Switzerland (tel +41 22 999 0170, fax +41 22 999 0169, e-mail
ramsar@ramsar.org). Posted 17 November 2001, Dwight Peck, Ramsar.
