Ramsar sites Flashcards
World Wetlands Day 2024 observed
February 2nd
Date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands
2 February 1971
Location of the national event for WWD 2024
Sirpur Lake, Indore
Organizers of the national event for WWD 2024
The Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in collaboration with Madhya Pradesh
Date of adoption of UN Resolution 75/317
6th August, 2021
Theme of WWD 2024
Wetlands and human wellbeing
UN General Assembly Resolution establishing World Wetlands Day
75/317
First year World Wetlands Day was celebrated
1977
Convention founders
Eskander Firouz, Luc Hoffman, Geoffery Matthews
Paris protocols
1982
Regina amendments
1987
COP14
2022, Wuhan, Geneva
Meeting frequency of the Contracting Parties
3 years
Next Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15)
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe in July 2025
Current convention plan
4th
Secretariat
Gland
Director
Musonda Mumba
Wetlands conservation award
1996
Parties to convention?
172
World’s first Ramsar Site
Cobourg Peninsula in Australia, designated in 1974
Largest Ramsar Sites
Rio Negro in Brazil (120,000 square kilometres), Ngiri-Tumba-Maindombe in Congo
Countries with the most Ramsar Sites
United Kingdom (175) and Mexico (142)
Largest area under the Convention protection
Bolivia with 148,000 square km
India’s status with the Convention
Party to the Convention since 1982
Number of wetland types in India
19 types
State with the largest wetland area in India
Gujarat
State with the maximum number of Ramsar Sites in India
Tamil Nadu (16 sites)
State with the second highest number of Ramsar Sites in India
Uttar Pradesh (10 sites)
National Wetland Conservation Program (NWCP)
Launched in 1985
Amrit Sarovar Mission
Launched in 2022
Amrit Dharohar initiative
Part of the 2023-24 budget announcement, launched by MoEF&CC in June 2023, 16 sites for development
1st Ramsar sites in India
Chilika Lake, Odisha and Keoladeo national park, Rajasthan, 1981
Total sites in India
85
Bihar sites
Nagi and nakti bird sanctuaries
Establishment of the Montreux Record
By Recommendation 4.8, in 1990
Adoption of Montreux record
1996
Chilika lade added, removed from Montreux record
Added - 1993
Removed - 2002
Award
Chilika development authority, 2002
Current sites in Montreux record
Keoladeo, Loktak Lake, 1990