Question: Consider the following statements:
(1) Asan Conservation Reserve is the first wetland from Uttarakhand to be recognised as Ramsar site.
(2) India currently has 39 Ramsar sites.
Of the above correct statement/s is/are:
(a) Only 1
(b) Only 2
(c) Both 1&2
(d) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- India has named two new Wetlands of International Importance.
- The Sites are particularly important to the avian diversity of their States, with each hosting hundreds of bird species of which several are critically endangered.
The sites:
- The Asan Conservation Reserve in Dehradun has been included in the Ramsar Wetland sites.It is the first wetland from Uttarakhand to be recognised by Ramsar.
- Kabartal Wetland also known as Kanwar Jheel, covering 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains is in the northern Bihar State.
- With these inclusions the total number of Ramsar Sites in India rose to 39.
Ramsar Convention on Wetlands:
- The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975.
- The convention entered into force in India on 1 February 1982.
- It is the intergovernmental treaty that provides the framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
Links:
https://www.ramsar.org/news/india-designates-two-wetland-biodiversity-hotspots