National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA)
A national wetland inventory built at 1:50,000 scale using the latest IRS satellite data — creating a digital wetland database to NNRMS standards and a query shell for information retrieval.
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Year
2009-2010
Geography
India (national-scale inventory)
Sponsor
OPSIS System, Kolkata
SDG alignment
SDG 14, SDG 15
Project Investigator / Team
Project Investigator: Dr. Jibonananda Roy — Former System Manager, Regional Remote Sensing Service Centre (RRSSC), Kharagpur
Objectives
To generate a comprehensive wetland inventory at 1:50,000 scale using the latest IRS satellite data. To create a digital database of wetlands as per NNRMS (National Natural Resources Management System) standards. To develop a query shell for information retrieval.
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