Ramsar sites

Question 1

World Wetlands Day 2024 observed

Answer 1

February 2nd

Question 2

Date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands

Answer 2

2 February 1971

Question 3

Location of the national event for WWD 2024

Answer 3

Sirpur Lake, Indore

Question 4

Organizers of the national event for WWD 2024

Answer 4

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

Question 4

Date of adoption of UN Resolution 75/317

Answer 4

6th August, 2021

Question 4

Theme of WWD 2024

Answer 4

Wetlands and human wellbeing

Question 5

UN General Assembly Resolution establishing World Wetlands Day

Answer 5

75/317

Question 5

First year World Wetlands Day was celebrated

Answer 5

1977

Question 6

Convention founders

Answer 6

Eskander Firouz, Luc Hoffman, Geoffery Matthews

Question 7

Paris protocols

Answer 7

1982

Question 8

Regina amendments

Answer 8

1987

Question 9

COP14

Answer 9

2022, Wuhan, Geneva

Question 10

Meeting frequency of the Contracting Parties

Answer 10

3 years

Question 11

Next Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP15)

Answer 11

Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe in July 2025

Question 12

Current convention plan

Answer 12

4th

Question 13

Secretariat

Answer 13

Gland

Question 14

Director

Answer 14

Musonda Mumba

Question 15

Wetlands conservation award

Answer 15

1996

Question 16

Parties to convention?

Answer 16

172

Question 17

World’s first Ramsar Site

Answer 17

Cobourg Peninsula in Australia, designated in 1974

Question 18

Largest Ramsar Sites

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Countries with the most Ramsar Sites

Answer 19

United Kingdom (175) and Mexico (142)

Question 20

Largest area under the Convention protection

Answer 20

Bolivia with 148,000 square km

Question 21

India’s status with the Convention

Answer 21

Party to the Convention since 1982

Question 22

Number of wetland types in India

Answer 22

19 types

Question 23

State with the largest wetland area in India

Answer 23

Gujarat

Question 24

State with the maximum number of Ramsar Sites in India

Answer 24

Tamil Nadu (16 sites)

Question 25

State with the second highest number of Ramsar Sites in India

Answer 25

Uttar Pradesh (10 sites)

Question 26

National Wetland Conservation Program (NWCP)

Answer 26

Launched in 1985

Question 27

Amrit Sarovar Mission

Answer 27

Launched in 2022

Question 28

Amrit Dharohar initiative

Answer 28

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

Question 29

1st Ramsar sites in India

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Total sites in India

Answer 30

85

Question 31

Bihar sites

Answer 31

Nagi and nakti bird sanctuaries

Question 32

Establishment of the Montreux Record

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By Recommendation 4.8, in 1990

Question 33

Adoption of Montreux record

Answer 33

1996

Question 34

Chilika lade added, removed from Montreux record

Answer 34

Added - 1993 Removed - 2002

Question 35

Award

Answer 35

Chilika development authority, 2002

Question 36

Current sites in Montreux record

Answer 36

Keoladeo, Loktak Lake, 1990