• ANIRBAN CHAKRABORTY

Wetlands are called the Natural kidney of environment. Being the transitional zone between land and water, wetlands keep the balance of the ecology and ecosystem. This paper concerns with the present aspects of wetlands on Ranaghat-I C.D. Block in Nadia District of West Bengal as this C.D. Block has numerous wetlands. This is also a very important area because the river Churni flows across the Block from North-East to South-West and the river Hooghly flows along the South- West side of this Block. This paper also concentrates on the wetlands’ nature of biodiversity, socio-economic benefits and the misuses of the wetlands. Both primary and secondary data are used here in the study. The C.D. block has 10 Gram Panchayates(G.P.) in total are selected for study area. It helps to integrate, analyze, and represent the spatial information and database of any resource. Satellite image with relevant GIS technique is used here to identify temporal change of the present study area. This paper also concerns about the suggestions and mitigation to minimize the problems and preserve the wetlands of the present study area.

"Spatio-Temporal Change of Local Wetlands: A Case study in Ranaghat-1 C.D. Block, Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.126-141, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812C16.pdf

"Spatio-Temporal Change of Local Wetlands: A Case study in Ranaghat-1 C.D. Block, Ranaghat, Nadia, West Bengal, India", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp126-141, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812C16.pdf