India signed the intergovernmental treaty in 1982. Ramsar sites in India India is home to altogether 80 Ramsar sites. Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir, Ropar wetland in Punjab, Sambhar lake in ...

India's list of Ramsar sites has expanded to 91 with the inclusion of Khichan and Menar in Rajasthan. These additions are ...

Veteran actor Annu Kapoor and Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the importance of World Environment Day. Kapoor ...

India has increased its tally of Ramsar sites (Wetlands of International Importance) to 80 from existing 75 by designating five more wetlands as Ramsar sites. Three of these sites — Ankasamudra ...

NEW DELHI: Five more wetlands of India got a tag of international importance under Ramsar ... to 80. New addition has made India the fourth largest country in terms of number of sites in the ...

Secretary General of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, Dr. Musonda Mumba, on Sunday said that India has more Ramsar sites compared to ... extinction globally. Over 80% of wastewater is released ...

NEW DELHI: Four more sites from India have been recognized under the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands ... including over 80 species that migrate on the Central Asian Flyway.

India has increased its tally of Ramsar sites (Wetlands of International Importance) to 85 from the existing 82 by designating three more wetlands as Ramsar Sites. The three new sites included are ...

New Delhi: Three new wetlands have got the Ramsar site tag taking the total tally of Ramsar wetlands to 85 in India, Union environment minister, Bhupender Yadav said ahead of 78th Independence Day.

India added another feather in its cap when four more sites - two each from Haryana and Gujarat - were recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.

In India, it has been in force since 1982. “The proposal was approved on the basis of my findings. The site meets all the required specifications of a Ramsar ... is home to 80 sarus cranes.

The Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary (TCFS), spread over 6522.5 hectares, was recently accredited as a Ramsar site. And 11 more wetlands, including the neighbouring eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) which ...