Ten more wetlands from India get the Ramsar site tag

Nandur Madhameshwar -Maharashtra (Image-Twitter Shri Prakash Javadekar )

Ramsar has declared 10 more wetland sites from India as sites of international importance.

With this, the numbers of Ramsar sites in India are now 37 and the surface area covered by these sites is now 1,067,939 hectares.

The New Ramsar Sites

  1. Nandur Madhameshwar: Maharashtra ( Maharashtra gets its first Ramsar site)
  2. Keshopur-Miani-Punjab
  3. Beas Conservation Reserve- Punjab
  4. Nangal – Punjab
  5. Nawabganj-Uttar Pradesh
  6. Parvati Agra- Uttar Pradesh
  7. Saman- Uttar Pradesh
  8. Samaspur- Uttar Pradesh
  9. Sandi- Uttar Pradesh
  10. Sarsai Nawar- Uttar Pradesh

About Ramsar Convention

  • The Ramsar Convention signed on February 2, 1971 in Iran, is one of the oldest inter-governmental accord signed by members countries to preserve the ecological character of their wetlands of international importance.
  • The aim of the Ramsar list is to develop and maintain an international network of wetlands which are important for the conservation of global biological diversity and for sustaining human life through the maintenance of their ecosystem components, processes and benefits. Wetlands declared as Ramsar sites are protected under strict guidelines of the convention.

RAMSAR WETLANDS SITES (As on February, 2019)

Sl. No.Name of SiteState LocationDate of DeclarationArea 
(in Sq. km.)
1Asthamudi WetlandKerala19.8.2002614
2Bhitarkanika MangrovesOrissa19.8.2002650
3Bhoj WetlandsMadhya Pradesh19.8.200232.01
4Chandertal WetlandHimachal Pradesh8.11.20050.49
5Chilka LakeOrissa1.10.19811165
6Deepor BeelAssam19.8.200240
7East Calcutta WetlandsWest Bengal19.8.2002125
8Harike LakePunjab23.3.199041
9Hokera WetlandJammu and Kashmir8.11.200513.75
10Kanjli LakePunjab22.1.20021.83
11Keoladeo Ghana NPRajasthan1.10.198128.73
12Kolleru LakeAndhra Pradesh19.8.2002901
13Loktak LakeManipur23.3.1990266
14Nalsarovar Bird SanctuaryGujarat24/09/12120
15Point CalimereTamil Nadu19.8.2002385
16Pong Dam LakeHimachal Pradesh19.8.2002156.62
17Renuka WetlandHimachal Pradesh8.11.20050.2
18Ropar LakePunjab22.1.200213.65
19Rudrasagar LakeTripura8.11.20052.4
20Sambhar LakeRajasthan23.3.1990240
21Sasthamkotta LakeKerala19.8.20023.73
22Sunderbans WetlandWest Bengal30.1.20194230
23Surinsar-Mansar LakesJammu and Kashmir8.11.20053.5
24Tsomoriri LakeJammu and Kashmir19.8.2002120
25Upper Ganga River
(Brijghat to Narora Stretch)
Uttar Pradesh8.11.2005265.9
26Vembanad Kol WetlandKerala19.8.20021512.5
27Wular LakeJammu & Kashmir23.3.1990189
  Total Area (in Sq. km.)11121.31

With addition of 10 more sites, the numbers of Ramsar sites in India are now 37 and the surface area covered by these sites is now 1,067,939 hectares.

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