Nagi and Nakti Bird Sanctuaries from Bihar have been recognised as the wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.
Key points
- Both these wetlands are deemed as protected areas situated in Bihar’s Jamui district.
- With their inclusion in the Ramsar Convention, the total number of such wetlands in India has risen to 82.
- The Kanwar Lake in Begusarai district was designated as Bihar’s first Ramsar Site in 2020.
- Nagi and Nakti Bird Sanctuaries are built on human-made wetlands and provide a natural habitat for a wide variety of flora and fauna, especially flocks of birds.
- The two bird sanctuaries are human-made wetlands which were developed primarily for irrigation through the construction of Nakti Dam.
- Due to its importance for migratory bird species, the Nagi site was recognized locally as a Bird Sanctuary in 1984, and internationally as an Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) by BirdLife International.
- Ramsar Convention is an international convention to conserve wetlands and was signed in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar.
