Vijay Archa Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India
Alvia Aslam Department of Environmental Science Central University of South Bihar Gaya Bihar India
Sami Ullah Bhat Department of Environmental Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India
Moharana Choudhury Voice of Environment (VoE) Guwahati Assam India
Poulomi Chakraborty Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Kharagpur West Bengal India
Meenakshi Chaurasia Department of Botany University of Delhi New Delhi India
Shahid Ahmad Dar Department of Environmental Science School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India
Kausik Ghosh Department of Geography Vidyasagar University Midnapore West Bengal India
Ginkuntla Saikiran Goud Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India
Shalini Gupta School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India
Zoha Jafar Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India
K.C. Jisha Department of Botany MES Asmabi College, P. Vemballur Kerala India
Arun Kumar Kashyap Department of Biotechnology Government E. Raghavendra Rao PG Science College Bilaspur Chhattisgarh India
Komal Department of Higher Education Government Degree College Bani Jammu and Kashmir India
Ajay Kumar Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India
Deepak Kumar United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) New Delhi India
Raj Kumar Centre for Study of Regional Development School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India
Rakesh Kumar Department of Environmental Sciences University of Jammu Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India
Sushil Kumar Department of Botany Government Degree College Ramnagar Jammu and Kashmir India
Vijay Kumar Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities Faculty of Engineering & Technology Rama University Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India
Sughosh Madhav School of Environmental Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India
Gauhar Mahmood Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India
Shilpi Nagar Department of Environmental Studies University of Delhi New Delhi India and Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES) Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) New Delhi India
Sadaf Nazneen Department of Civil Engineering Faculty of Engineering Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi India
Purushothaman Parthasarathy Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering and Technology Faculty of Engineering and Technology SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chengalpattu Tamil Nadu India
Kajal Patel Department of Botany University of New Delhi New Delhi India
Mahika Phartiyal Centre for the Study of Regional Development School of Social Science Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India
Jos T. Puthur Plant Physiology and Biochemistry Division Department of Botany University of Calicut Malappuram Kerala India
Arun M. Radhakrishnan Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India
Nirala Ramchiary School of Life Sciences Laboratory of Translational and Evolutionary Genomics Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India
Deeksha Ranjan Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities Faculty of Engineering & Technology Rama University Kanpur Uttar Pradesh India
Rajesh Kumar Ranjan Department of Environmental Science Central University of South Bihar Gaya Bihar India
Irfan Rashid Department of Geoinformatics School of Earth and Environmental Sciences University of Kashmir Hazratbal Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir India
Rohit Rattan Western Himalayas Conservation Programme World Wide Fund for Nature India New Delhi India
Krishna Rawat School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India
Vijay Saigal Department of Law University of Jammu Jammu Jammu and Kashmir India
Bharti Sharma School of Biosciences and Biotechnology BGSB University Rajouri Jammu and Kashmir India
Sanjeev Sharma Centre for the Study of Regional Development School of Social Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi India
Sudeep Shukla Environment Pollution Analysis Lab Bhiwadi Alwar Rajasthan India
Pardeep Singh Department of Environmental Studies PGDAV College University of Delhi New Delhi India
Jitendra Kumar Singh School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India
Shuchita Singh Lachoo Memorial College of Science and Technology Jodhpur Rajasthan India
Indu Tripathi Department of Environmental Studies University of Delhi New Delhi India
Khushaboo Verma Faculty of Education Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Uttar Pradesh India
Reeta Verma School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India
Vidya P. Warrier Department of Plant Science School of Biological Sciences Central University of Kerala Kasaragod Kerala India and Department of Biotechnology Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai Tamil Nadu India
Amit Kumar Yadav School of Environment and Sustainable Development Central University of Gujarat Gandhinagar Gujarat India
1 Global Wetlands : Categorization, Distribution and Global Scenario
Sanjeev Sharma1*, Mahika Phartiyal1, Sughosh Madhav2, and Pardeep Singh3
1 Centre for the Study of Regional Development, School of Social Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
2 School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
3 Department of Environmental Studies, PGDAV College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
* Sanjeev Sharma, Email: [email protected]; Cell: +91 9418613054
1.1 Wetlands Definition, Categorization and Classification Criteria
Wetlands form a crucial part of the socio‐ecological system as they are a storehouse of numerous ecosystems services. Wetland systems manage hydrological processes and preserve the natural ecological system to regulate the ecological balance and well‐being of humanity. Economic interests of the environment of the wetlands have not been recognised yet by policy planners and decision‐makers, neither at the global level, nor at regional levels. Wetlands are distributed in all geographical regions and climate zones of the planet earth. Globally and nationally, many attempts