期刊名称：Journal of Geography, Environment and Earth Science International
印刷版ISSN：2454-7352
出版年度：2016
卷号：5
期号：3
页码：1-14
DOI：10.9734/JGEESI/2016/23527
语种：English
出版社：Sciencedomain International
摘要：Background: The East Kolkata Wetlands system has become a research trove. Describing a little known wetland as a tutorial ecosystem for learning wetland wise use and thereafter getting it included in the Ramsar List of Wetlands was good. It took me about 20 years. But the subsequent lesson of how feeble is the strength of existing wetland conservation tools including the one of the Ramsar Bureau, has been much more absorbing and that needed to be revisited. Revisiting started with re-familiarisation. Familiarisation is the tool where perception is the task. No matter how deep the extent of perception research aimed at, the primary tool that the researcher must carry is ‘familiarisation’. How do you start knowing a language? By knowing the alphabets. How do you start knowing about the ecosystem? Start familiarising yourself with the ecosystem. This is an unalterable roadmap to learn about ecosystems. And that is how we begin to learn Ecology.
关键词：East Kolkata Wetlands;holistic conservation;wastewater as commons;familiarisation as cognitive tool
