RAMSAR SITES

Jan. 29, 2020

Ramsar has declared 10 more wetland sites from India as sites of international importance for the conservation of global biological diversity.

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  • Maharashtra gets its first Ramsar site (Nandur Madhameshwar), Punjab added 3 more (Keshopur-Miani, Beas Conservation Reserve, Nangal) and UP has added 6 more (Nawabganj, Parvati Agra, Saman, Samaspur, Sandi and SarsaiNawar).

  • With this, the numbers of Ramsar sites in India are now 37 and the surface area covered by these sites is now 1,067,939 hectares. 

Source : The Hindu

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