Protecting nature Under a project funded by the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund (CEPF), Snehakunja Trust, Life Trust of Sirsi and other local community organisations have undertaken the restoration of degraded freshwater swamps in the Central Western Ghats with a participatory approach. Freshwater swamps are marshy areas with typical habitats, where water oozes out in perennial streams at constant level throughout the year. The swamps host at least two dozens of species that are listed as rare, endangered and threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Major ecosystem services of these swamps include underground water recharging, erosion control, sediment...
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