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Number of Ramsar Sites in country increased nearly three times since 2014:
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Ramsar Sites are wetlands of international importance, designated under the criteria of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands for containing representative, rare or unique wetland types or for their importance in conserving biological diversity.
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On World Wetlands Day, India adds two more Ramsar sites
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 2 (ANI): On International Wetlands Day 2022, India added two Ramsar sites upscaling the number from 47 to 49.
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Ladakh's Tso Kar Wetland Complex added to list of Ramsar site
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Leh (Ladakh) [India], December 24 (ANI): India has added Tso Kar Wetland Complex in Ladakh as its 42nd Ramsar site, the second one in the Union Territory (UT) of Ladakh, according to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
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India names Lonar lake, Sur Sarovar as wetlands of international importanc
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 16 (ANI): India has named two more wetlands of international importance-- Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra-- under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
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