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The surface-area covered by Ramsar Sites are around 13,32,746.24 hectares [7]. [8] Tamil Nadu has the highest number of Ramsar Sites in India with 18 Ramsar Sites. [9] Till 2014 there were 26 Ramsar sites across India. Since 2014 till date 59 new Ramsar sites have been added across India.
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites . [2] It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. It is named after the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the convention was signed in 1971.
Ramsar logo. This is a list of parties contracting to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat, also known as the Convention on Wetlands. The convention's mission is "the conservation and wise use of all wetlands through local and national actions and international cooperation, as a ...
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 ...
Mansar-Surinsar Lakes Wildlife sanctuary is a sanctuary in Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), India. It covers 3.5 square kilometers. It was established in 2005, under the Wildlife Protection Act of 1972. The sanctuary protects Mansar Lake - Surinsar Lake & wetland, which gained Ramsar Convention for International importance in 2005. [1] [2]
On March 22, 2021, the Union Ministry declared that Ramsar Convention had added 15 more sites from India, which includes Parvati Arga. [1] Today i.e. may 2024, there are 80 Ramsar sites in the country.
Mansar Lake is a lake located 62 km (39 mi) from the city of Jammu in Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is fringed by forest-covered hills, and is over a mile (1.6 km) in length and half-a-mile (0.80 km) in width. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes are designated as Ramsar Convention sites in November 2005. Mansar is primarily fed by surface run-off and ...
It was created in 1975, by building the highest earthfill dam in India on the Beas River in the wetland zone of the Siwalik Hills. Named in the honour of Maharana Pratap (1540–1597), the reservoir or the lake is a well-known wildlife sanctuary and one of the 49 international wetland sites declared in India by the Ramsar Convention.