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Documents
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SWANIRVAR ANNUAL REPORT HIGHLIGHTS (2005)
SHISKHAMITRA REPORT
6 (2005)
SHISKHAMITRA REPORT 5 (2005)
SWANIRVAR CHILD'S RIGHTS MANIFESTO (2005)
Agriculture Brochure (2005);
Education
Overview (2005):
Intervention in Govt. Primary Schools (2005);
Community
Participation in Cleaning at Kolsur (15th August, 2005):
Pre-primary Surveys (2005):
Pre-primary
Summary (1992-2005):
Spreading
Swanirvar's Models (2005):
Primary
Education (2005):
Rakhi Celebration with Govt. Schools (2005):
Sahitya Sabha with Govt. Schools (2005):
Village
Education Committees (2005);
Workshop for Govt. Primary Teachers (2005)
Research
Diversity and role of freshwater wetlands in village
ecosystems of lower Gangetic plains: A preliminary field
survey by
Dr. Silanjan Bhattacharya
Freshwater
wetlands like pukur, dighi, bil, jola, khal play crucial
role in the agricultural ecosystem of lower Gangetic
plains. They nurture highly productive and diverse fauna
and flora. Villagers, especially the poorer ones, get
their major supply of animal proteins, leafy vegetables,
medicinal herbs, construction materials from such local
habitats. These water sources traditionally were used as
only source of irrigation during dry seasons.
In last two decades, high yielding agriculture and
pisciculture have made serious impacts on the status of
these wetlands through reclamation of wetland area for
agricultural use, degradation of water quality and
destruction of wild and indigenous wetland biodiversity.
Conservation and sustainable management of these
wetlands and their biodiversity are thus prioritized.
The
present study is an attempt to know the status of
freshwater wetlands and their biodiversity in south
Bengal and find out alternative strategies for
sustainable management. The objectives of the study are
to know the following through participatory field survey
:
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Different
types of wetlands and land area under each type in a
locality,
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Water
qualities of such wetlands,
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Status of
faunal diversity, especially that of indigenous
fishes, prawns, crabs, mollusks, and of hydrophytes,
including documentation of rare species,
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Details of
traditional and present use patterns,
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Folk
knowledge on the biodiversity and management of
wetlands,
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Any
alternative management system in action or
attempted, and
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Local
people's perceptions and approach regarding these
wetlands' management.
The study team
includes undergraduate students from the Centre for
Biodiversity Studies (CBS) of the Vivekananda College,
Kolkata, DRCSC members and occasionally, invited
experts. The team is led and coordinated by Dr. Silanjan
Bhattacharyya. The field team would include 3-6 members
of the study team during any field visit.
For the pilot
phase following localities have been selected:
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Beliakhali,
Fatullahpur in North 24 Parganas, and
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Ashoorali in
South 24 Parganas.
While DRCSC
provides the logistic and central coordination support
to the study, Swanirvar in the North 24 Parganas
locations and Ashoorali Gram-unnayan Parishad in
Ashoorali locations are requested to provide local
support and to participate. This include arranging the
accommodation and food, guiding the field survey team
and involving some local member of the organization in
the field survey.
All the
documentation and reports generated in the project are
planned be equally accessed by the CBS, DRCSC and local
organizations.
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