Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat & Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh listed as India’s 48th & 49th Ramsar sites
(2) Ramsar sites are wetlands of International importance as per UNESCO’s 1971 Convention on Wetlands held in Ramsar, Iran
Which of the above is/are correct?
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) None of these
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary in Gujarat & Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in UP listed as India’s 48th & 49th Ramsar sites.
- Two new Ramsar sites — Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira wildlife sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh — were announced on the occasion of World Wetlands Day at Sultanpur national park in Gurgaon.
- Ramsar sites are wetlands of international importance as per UNESCO’s 1971 Convention on Wetlands held in Ramsar, Iran.
- Forest and Wildlife Department officials said India has a network of 49 such sites, the highest in South Asia, covering 10,93,636 hectares.
- Khijadia Wildlife Sanctuary a freshwater wetland near the coast of the Gulf of Kutch.
- The sanctuary is now part of Marine National Park, Jamnagar, the first marine national park in the country.
- Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary, a freshwater marsh in the Sant Kabir Nagar district.
- It is the largest natural floodplain wetland of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
BY: AMIT GUPTA