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Loktak Newsletter Volume - V

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Language(s): English , Author(s): Wetlands International - South Asia and Loktak Development Authority

The fifth volume of newsletter Loktak, jointly published by Wetlands International-South Asia and Loktak Development Authority, focuses on the managing Athaphum, a destructive form of fishing using vegetation enclosures which presently choke the entire lake. Also within this issue is a special article on wetlands and climate change, the 2010 theme for World Wetlands Day. Download the newsletter here

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