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Waterlogged soils
Name(s):
Swamps
Bogs
Wetlands
Marshes
Broader
Inadequate disease vector control
Inadequate care of community space
Narrower
Salty paddy fields
Stagnant surface water
Related
Threatened swampland habitats
Aggravates
Malaria
Water-borne diseases
Land rehabilitation difficulty
Aggravated by
Rising water table
Unavailability of pumps
Inadequate land drainage
Irresponsible soil management
Inappropriate irrigation schemes
Seepage water losses from irrigation systems
Inundation of agricultural land through dams
Reduced by
Destruction of wetland environments
Strategy(ies)
Reducing methane emissions from wetlands
Draining fields to prevent waterlogging
Improving farm irrigation systems
Creating comprehensive drainage scheme
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems