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GoI Designates 5 New Ramsar Sites, taking total number to 54

Five new wetlands of International importance have been designated in India. With this, the total number of Ramsar sites in the country have been increased from 49 to 54 Ramsar sites. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav said, “Delighted to inform that 5 more Indian wetlands have got Ramsar recognition as wetlands of international importance.”

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The five newly designated wetlands are:

Karikili Bird Sanctuary, Tamil Nadu
Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest, Tamil Nadu
Pichavaram Mangrove, Tamil Nadu
Pala wetland, Mizoram
Sakhya Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

What is Ramsar Site?

A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The name Ramsar comes from the Ramsar City of Iran, where this treaty was signed.
The Convention on Wetlands is also known as the Ramsar Convention. It is an intergovernmental environmental treaty established in 1971 by UNESCO and came into force in 1975.
Wetlands declared as Ramsar sites are protected under strict guidelines of the convention.
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.

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