Ramsar Sites in India Latest List - Banking Vidyarthi

 

Ramsar Sites in India Latest List

What is the Ramsar convention?

It is an intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation of wetlands. It was signed on 2 February 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, for the protection of wetland sites in the world. It is also known as the Convention on Wetlands. Therefore, every year on 2nd February World Wetlands Day is observed.

The convention came into force on 21 December 1975. At present, 172 countries have signed the convention and there is a total of 2,439 Ramsar sites in the world.

It's main aim is to halt the worldwide loss of wetlands and conserve it through wise use and management. India signed the

Ramsar Convention on 1 February 1982.

Important Facts:

The Cobourg Peninsula in Australia was the first designated Ramsar site in 1974.

The United Kingdom (175) has the world's largest number of Ramsar Sites followed by Mexico. Bolivia has the largest area with 148,000 square kit under the Convention protection.

SI.NO	Ramsar Site	Location
1	Saman Bird Sanctuary	Uttar Pradesh
2	Sur Sarovar
3	Sarsai Nawar Jheel
4	Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary
5	Samaspur Bird Sanctuary
6	Sandi Bird Sanctuary
7	Parvati Aranga Bird Sanctuary
8	Upper Ganga River
9	Haiderpur Wetland
10	Bakhira Bird Sanctuary
11	Vembanad-Kol Wetland	Kerala
12	Ashtamudi Lake
13	Sasthamkotta Lake
14	Yashwant Sagar	Madhya Pradesh
15	Sirpur wetland
16	Sakhya Sagar Lake
17	Bhoj Wetland
18	Lonar Lake	Maharashtra
19	Thane Creek
20	Nandur Madhameshwar
21	Keoladeo National Park	Rajasthan
22	Sambhar Lake
23	Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary	Tamil Nadu
24	Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary
25	Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary
26	Vellode Bird Sanctuary
27	Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary
28	Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary
29	Suchindram Theroor Wetland Complex
30	Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary
31	Vembannur Wetland Complex
32	Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve
33	Pichavaram Mangrove
34	Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest
35	Karikili Bird Sanctuary
36	Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary
37	Shallbugh Wetland Conservation Reserve	Jammu & Kashmir
38	Hygam Wetland Conservation Reserve
39	Surinsar-Mansar Lakes
40	Wular Lake
41	Hokera Wetland
42	Tso Kar	Ladakh
43	Tsomoriri
44	Kolleru Lake	Andhra Pradesh
45	Pala wetland	Mizoram
46	Ansupa Lake	Odisha
47	Hirakud Reservoir
48	Tampara Lake
49	Satkosia Gorge
50	Bhitarkanika Mangroves
51	Chilka Lake
52	Ropar Wetland	Punjab
53	Kanjli Wetland
54	Harike Wetland
55	Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
56	Beas Conservation Reserve
57	Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
58	East Kolkata Wetlands	West Bengal
59	Sundarban Wetland
60	Pong Dam Lake	Himachal Pradesh
61	Chandra Lake
62	Renuka Lake
63	Khijadia Bird Sanctuary	Gujarat
64	Wadhvana Wetland
65	Thol Lake
66	Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary
67	Deepar Beel	Assam
68	Rudrasagar Lake	Tripura
69	Asan Barrage	Uttarakhand
70	Kanwar Taal or Kabar Taal Lake	Bihar
71	Sultanpur National Park	Haryana
72	Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary
73	Ranganathituu Bird Sanctuary	Karnataka
74	Nanda Lake	Goa
75	Loktak Lake	Manipur

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UPDATE 20,OCTOBER 2022