New rules notified by the environment ministry on Tuesday, September 26, 2017, decentralise wetlands management by empowering States
1. to identify and notify wetlands under their jurisdiction,
2. to keep a watch on prohibited activities.
The Centre's role under the Wetlands conservation and Management rules, 2017, will be restricted to
1. monitoring it's implementation by States, Union Territories,
2. recommending transboundary wetlands for notification and
3. reviewing integrated management of selected wetlands under Ramsar Convention.
- Centre Decentralises Wetlands management.
Times Of India, September 28, 2017.
