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Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav launches web portal -indianwetlands.in

Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has launched a web portal - <a href="http://indianwetlands.in/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://indianwetlands.in&source=gmail&ust=1633316501419000&usg=AFQjCNFFgpaFwT9D9CVzw0Tbi80JUphZLg">indianwetlands.in</a> on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti and heralding the Iconic Week of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav of the Ministry. The portal is a single point access to all information relating to wetlands.<br />''<br />''The portal is a dynamic system for processing information and making it available to the stakeholders in an efficient and accessible manner. The portal also hosts capacity building material, data repository, videos and and information for students. Importantly, a dashboard for each State and UT has been developed to access the portal and populate it with information of wetlands in their administration. The portal would be populated by the different States and UTs and additional features may be added in the coming months. The portal also enables citizen engagement.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;"> Currently citizens can register themselves and upload wetland related pictures across different themes. The portal has been developed under a Technical Cooperation project "Wetlands Management for Biodiversity and Climate Protection" Wetlands Project of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change  in partnership with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. The project is commissioned by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety BMU under the International Climate Initiative IKI.</span><br />

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