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Ramsar sites Flashcards

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World Wetlands Day 2024 observed

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February 2nd

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Date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands

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2 February 1971

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Location of the national event for WWD 2024

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Sirpur Lake, Indore

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Organizers of the national event for WWD 2024

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The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh

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4
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Date of adoption of UN Resolution 75/317

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6th August, 2021

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Theme of WWD 2024

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Wetlands and human wellbeing

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UN General Assembly Resolution establishing World Wetlands Day

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75/317

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5
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First year World Wetlands Day was celebrated

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1977

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Convention founders

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Eskander Firouz, Luc Hoffman, Geoffery Matthews

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7
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Paris protocols

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1982

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Regina amendments

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1987

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COP14

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2022, Wuhan, Geneva

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Meeting frequency of the Contracting Parties

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3 years

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Next Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15)

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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe in July 2025

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12
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Current convention plan

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4th

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13
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Secretariat

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Gland

14
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Director

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Musonda Mumba

15
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Wetlands conservation award

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1996

16
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Parties to convention?

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172

17
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World’s first Ramsar Site

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Cobourg Peninsula in Australia, designated in 1974

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Largest Ramsar Sites

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Rio Negro in Brazil (120,000 square kilometres), Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe in Congo

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Countries with the most Ramsar Sites

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United Kingdom (175) and Mexico (142)

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Largest area under the Convention protection

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Bolivia with 148,000 square km

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India’s status with the Convention

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Party to the Convention since 1982

22
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Number of wetland types in India

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19 types

23
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State with the largest wetland area in India

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Gujarat

24
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State with the maximum number of Ramsar Sites in India

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Tamil Nadu (16 sites)

25
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State with the second highest number of Ramsar Sites in India

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Uttar Pradesh (10 sites)

26
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National Wetland Conservation Program (NWCP)

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Launched in 1985

27
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Amrit Sarovar Mission

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Launched in 2022

28
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Amrit Dharohar initiative

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Part of the 2023-24 budget announcement, launched by MoEF&CC in June 2023, 16 sites for development

29
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1st Ramsar sites in India

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Chilika Lake, Odisha and Keoladeo national park, Rajasthan, 1981

30
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Total sites in India

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85

31
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Bihar sites

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Nagi and nakti bird sanctuaries

32
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Establishment of the Montreux Record

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By Recommendation 4.8, in 1990

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Adoption of Montreux record

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1996

34
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Chilika lade added, removed from Montreux record

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Added - 1993
Removed - 2002

35
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Award

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Chilika development authority, 2002

36
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Current sites in Montreux record

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Keoladeo, Loktak Lake, 1990

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