India now has 11 new Ramsar sites — wetlands of international importance, acknowledged as such under the 1971 Ramsar Convention.This brings the total to 19. India has given a list of six more for consideration to the Ramsar bureau and is collecting information on another six, in line with its commitment at a 1999 international meeting to designate 25 new sites.
The designation of a wetland as a Ramsar site enables the exchange of standardised information on conservation practices and technical assistance and lends international tourism value to a place. Orissa’s Chilka lake, Manipur’s Loktak lake, Kashmir’s Wular lake, Rajasthan’s Keoladeo national park and Sambhar lake, and Punjab’s Harike lake were already on the list.
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