Ramsar Sites
✓Recently, Kabartal Wetland (Bihar) and Asan Conservation Reserve (Uttrakhand) have been designated as Ramsar sites.
✓Now, the total number of Ramsar sites in India is 39, the highest in South Asia.
✓Kabartal Wetland
•It is also known as Kanwar Jheel.
•Location: Begusarai, Bihar.
✓Asan Conservation Reserve (ACR)
•ACR is formed by the Asan River running down to its confluence with the Yamuna River in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
•It is Uttarakhand’s first Ramsar Site.
✓Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran.
✓Those wetlands which are of international importance are declared as Ramsar sites.
✓The Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites on the List of Wetlands of International Importance where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference.
✓At present, two wetlands of India are in Montreux Record: Keoladeo National Park (Rajasthan) and Loktak Lake (Manipur).
✓Chilika Lake (Odisha) was placed in the record but later removed from it.
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