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DEEPOR BEEL — Vol.9, No.3. A Troubled October, 2019 Ramsar Site of ISSN 2321-1881 India Growing Threats to Wetland Ecosystems of Vadodara Role of Wetland Vascular Plants in Mercury Mitigation East Kolkata Wetlands- Kidneys of Kolkata Wetland Policy and its Effectiveness Anatidae of Kaziranga National Park, India

Jalaplavit(ISSN 2321-1881) Vol. 9, No. 2, June 2019 Editorial Dr. Ketan Tatu………………………………………....................3 Avichal Tatu Growing Threats to the Wetland Ecosystems Jalaplavit, Vol. 9, No. 3, October 2019 of Vadodara– A Need for Ecological Monitoring and Protection Keyur H. Naria, Hiren J. Patel & Dr. Geeta Padate...........5 Family Anatidae in the Wetlands of Kaziranga National Park, India Dr. Akshaya Mane, Sanatomba Singh & Rabindra Sharma.....21 Founding Editor: Dr. Ketan Tatu Plant Power: The Role of Wetland Vascular Plants in Mercury Mitigation Principal Technical Advisor: Darien Lozon......................……….……………………………...….29 Prof. James T. Anderson, USA Senior Advisor: Dr. Raju Vyas Overview of United States Mitigation Wetland Policy and its Effectiveness Editorial Core Team Krista Noe.............................................................40 Directors, Foundation for Ecological Welfare(FEW) Deepor Beel: A Weeping and Blemishing Ramsar Site of India Somoyita Sur and Jaydev Mandal……………………………….........48 Foundation Layout & Design: Unique Experiences from East Kolkata Wetlands: Pugmark Qmulus Consortium the Kidneys of Kolkata Joystu Dutta & Dr. Abhijit Maitreya.................…….……...59 Design for the Present Issue Ketan Tatu, Amita Tatu Pashan Lake – A wetland in Pune, Maharashtra, India Siya Bhagat.………………………………………………….....……….........63 Front Cover Photo: Avichal Tatu Some Recent Remarkable Waterbird Sightings at (Crested Kingfisher, Uttarakhand, India) Inland Wetlands of Vadodara District Keyur H. Naria and Hiren J. Patel………………………………………….68 Geoinformatics: An Advanced Tool for Migratory Waterbird Conservation Singh Sanatomba & Dr Akshaya Mane...........................73 Jalaplavit’s Editorial/Core Team does not necessarily agree with the views/information provided by authors. Editorial/Core team is not responsible for any intentional/unintentional plagiarism by authors.