๐ท Lonar Lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra selected under ‘Ramsar site’
๐ท Keetham lake, also known as Sur Sarovar, in Agra of Uttar Pradesh added to Ramsar sites
๐ท Asan Conservation Reserve gets first Ramsar site tag from Uttarakhand, Dehradun district
๐ท Kabartal Wetland becomes Bihar’s first Ramsar site, Begusarai district
๐ There are 42 Ramsar sites in India
๐ Ramsar Convention or the Convention of Wetlands was established in 1971 and came into force in the year 1975, upon receipt by UNESCO
๐ India signed the Ramsar Convention on 1 February 1982
๐ Ramsar convention came into force on 1 December 1975.
๐ Cobourg Peninsula in Australia was declared the first Ramsar site in the world
๐ Chilika Lake is the largest Ramsar Site of India
๐ Chilika Lake (Orissa) and Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) were recognized as the first Ramsar Sites of India.
๐ Uttar Pradesh has the largest number of Ramsar Sites in India with 8 Indian Wetlands
๐ Renuka Wetland in Himachal Pradesh is the smallest wetland of India
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