RAMSAR SITES IN NEWS 2020 AND KEY STATICS FACTS

🏀  Laddakh's Tso Kar Wetland complex added to list of Ramsar sites. 

🏀  Loner lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra selected under ' Ramsar site'. 

🏀  Keetham lake also known as Sur Sarovar, in Agra of Uttar Pradesh added to Ramsar sites. 

🏀  Asan Conservation Reserve gets first Ramsar sites tag from Uttrakhand, Dehradun, district

🏀  Kabartal Wetland becomes Bihar's first Ramsar sites, Begusarai district. 

There are 42 Ramsar sites in India

🏀  Ramsar Convention Or the convention of Wetlands was established in 1971 and come into force in the year 1975 , upon receipt by UNESCO. 

🏀   Ramsar convention came into force on, December 1975.

🏀  Cobourg Peninsula in Australia was declared the first Ramsar sites in the world. 

🏀  chilika lakes is the largest Ramsar sites of India. 

🏀  Chilika lakes ( Orisha) and Keoladeo National Park ( Rajasthan) were recognized as the first Ramsar sites of India. 

🏀  Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of Ramsar sites in India with 8 Indian Wetlands. 

🏀  Renuka wetland in Himachal Pradesh is the smallest Wetland of India. 

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