Overview
- The state environment department says work to identify and notify wetlands in Mumbai and nearby districts has commenced using NCSCM findings.
- NCSCM has completed surveys of Mumbai and suburban districts and is preparing documentation and maps for the state.
- After submission, reports will move to district wetland committees, then a technical committee and the State Wetland Authority, with public consultation before government notification.
- Activists report that legal protection for more than 23,000 mapped wetlands remains stuck in administrative procedures and say none has been formally notified.
- National figures highlight a wide gap between mapping and protection, with 757,040 wetlands identified but only 1,315 listed on the Indian Wetlands Portal and 98 designated as Ramsar sites.