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CITES works by subjecting international trade in specimens of listed taxa to controls as they move across international borders. [15] CITES specimens can include a wide range of items including the whole animal/plant (whether alive or dead), or a product that contains a part or derivative of the listed taxa such as cosmetics or traditional ...
The remains include a walled city and a cemetery, and there are remains of buildings and water management systems. The city's location was chosen because of nearby sources of precious minerals. The city had trade connections with other cities in the region and as far as Mesopotamia. The site was rediscovered in 1968. [50] Santiniketan: West ...
This is a list of species of plants and animals protected by Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, commonly abbreviated as CITES. There are no fungi listed in any appendix. [1] List of species protected by CITES Appendix I; List of species protected by CITES Appendix III
This is a list of species of plants and animals protected by Appendix III of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, commonly abbreviated as CITES. There are no fungi listed in any appendix. [1] List of species protected by CITES Appendix I; List of species protected by CITES Appendix II
Harike Wetland is a Ramsar site in India Map of Ramsar sites Archipel Bolama-Bijagos Ramsar site in Guinea-Bissau Walkway in Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve. A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, [1] also known as "The Convention on Wetlands", an international environmental treaty signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, under ...
Name Location (Region/municipality) Caigual: Sangre Grande region: Calcutta Settlement: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo: Calder Hall: Tobago: California: Couva–Tabaquite–Talparo
Gadag-Betgeri (Kaldugu is the old name for Gadag and Battakere ("Round Tank") for Betgeri) is a twin city, It is a centre of Kalyani Chalukyas art with the large Trikuteshwara temple, originally Rashtrakuta, later expanded by the Kalyani Chalukyas into a vast complex, and it has Trikuteshwara temple complex triple shrines once housing Shiva ...
It is an example of co-habitation of humans and wildlife; farming practices across most of the sites play important roles in sustaining the waterbird habitats. A particular beneficiary is the vulnerable sarus crane ( Grus antigone ), with a population of 400 individuals making up the largest flock in the region.