Category: Ramsar Sites

Ramsar Sites in India – Statewise distribution

Five more wetlands added to the list of Ramsar sites

A draft policy has been created by Union Environment Ministry to declare region around Pong dam as eco-sensitive zone

Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change (MoEFCC) submitted first of its kind of proposals for Wetland City Accreditation (WCA) under the Ramsar Convention.

Andhra Pradesh Forest Department to prepare an inventory of land use adjacent to the Kolleru Wildlife Sanctuary for declaring it an eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) for conservation of the Kolleru Lake ecosystem.

Experts from India and Bangladesh believe that climate change triggered loss and damage in the Sundarbans, should be seen as a “global commons”.

Cabomba furcuta, popularly called as Pink Bloom due its massive flowering, has been a new threat to the kole fields, in addition to water hyacinth and Salvinia molesta.

Water level in Pong Dam recedes after recess of heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh