❇️ 2 February
🌎 World Wetlands day
विश्व आर्द्रभूमि दिवस
🏝 Theme23: It's Time for Wetlands Restoration
🏝 Theme22 : Wetlands Action for People and Nature
🏜To raise public awareness of wetland values and benefits promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
🏜An environmentally related celebration which dates back to the year of 1971
🏜Since 1997, World Wetlands Day has been celebrated.
🏜The Day also marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea
🏜 Asan Conservation Reserve becomes Uttarakhand's first wetland to make it to Ramsar Convention
🏜Largest wetland in 🌎👇
Pantanal ( SOUTH AMERICA)
🏜Largest wetland in 🇮🇳👇
Sunderban wetland (WEST BENGAL)
🏜 Kabartal Wetland of Bihar Designated as Ramsar Site
🏜Total Ramsar Sites in 🇮🇳 - 75
🏜 Maximum Sites in - Tamilnadu
🟢NEWS
Ramsar Sites: 11 More Indian Wetlands Have Got Ramsar Recognition
Haiderpur Wetland In Uttar Pradesh Recognised As Ramsar Site
🌪The 11 Indian wetlands which have been designated as new Ramsar sites
▪️Tampara Lake – Odisha
▪️Hirakud Reservoir – Odisha
▪️Ansupa Lake – Odisha
▪️Yashwant Sagar – Madhya Pradesh
▪️Chitrangudi Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu
▪️Such-dram Theroor Wetland
▪️Complex – Tamil Nadu
▪️Vaduvur Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu
▪️Kanjirankulam Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu
▪️Thane Creek – Maharashtra
▪️Hygam Wetland Conservation
▪️Reserve – Jammu and Kashmir
Shallbugh Wetland Conservation
▪️Reserve – Jammu and Kashmir
🍁India has added 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites to make total 75 Ramsar sites covering an area of 13 lakh 26 thousand 677 Hectares in the country in the 75th year of Independence.
🍁From 2014 to 2022, the country has added 49 new wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites.
🟢 Recentl Exams Question Conducted by TCS
The Ramsar Convention is for the :- conservation of wetlands
Tso Kar wetland has been included in
Ramsar Site in December 2020. In which
state or union territory it is located? :- Ladakh
Kabartal Wetland was designated as a
Ramsar site in 2020. In which state is it
located? :- Bihar
When the rainfall is in excess of soil
moisture requirement of plants during
rainy season, it is referred to as :- Wetland farming
Sur Sarovar, also known as Keetham Lake,
is a man-made reservoir. In which year
was it added in the list of Ramsar Sites? :- 2020
______ lake of Maharashtra has been
included in the list of Ramsar Sites in
November 2020. :- Lonar
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