Report on Lakshadweep wetlands/coral reefs

This is a report on the review and assessment of the Lakshadweep Coral reef wetland ecosystem at Agati and Kavaratii Islands included under National wetland conservation and management programme of the MoEF.

An Expert Team was constituted by the Planning Commission, Government of India, to review the status of implementation of the National Wetland Conservation and Management Programme (NWCMP) of the Ministry of Environment & Forests, by visiting selected wetlands in the country. The Expert Team made, on-the-spot review and assessment of the Lakshadweep Coral reef wetland ecosystem at Agati and Kavaratii Islands. This was the fifth wetland visited after Chilika, Vembanad-Kol, Deepor Beel and Pichavaram mangroves.