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Ramsar Convention: in India There 23 Sites Are There. in Ap Only One Kollaru

The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. It established a list of wetlands of international importance called Ramsar Sites, which now includes nearly 2,000 sites covering 1.9 million square kilometers across 160 countries. The nation with the most sites is the UK with 168 sites, while Canada has the greatest total area of listed wetlands at over 130,000 square kilometers.

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The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands. It established a list of wetlands of international importance called Ramsar Sites, which now includes nearly 2,000 sites covering 1.9 million square kilometers across 160 countries. The nation with the most sites is the UK with 168 sites, while Canada has the greatest total area of listed wetlands at over 130,000 square kilometers.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention (The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, especially as Waterfowl Habitat) is an internationaltreaty for the conservation and sustainable utilization of wetlands, The convention was developed and adopted by participating nations at a meeting in Ramsar, Mazandaran, Iran on February 2, 1971, hosted by the Iranian Department of Environment, and came into force on December, 21 1975. The Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance now includes 1,950 sites (known as Ramsar Sites) covering around 1,900,000 km2 (730,000 sq mi),[1] up from 1,021 sites in 2000. The nation with the highest number of sites is the United Kingdom at 168; the nation with the greatest area of listed wetlands is Canada, with over 130,000 km2(50,000 sq mi), including the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary at 62,800 km2 (24,200 sq mi).

In india there 23 sites are there. In ap only one kollaru

Heritage sites
The World Heritage Sites in India are recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and [1] Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as on 29, as of 2012. These are places of importance of cultural or natural heritage as described in the UNESCO World Heritage Convention, established in 1972. As of date, there are 911 properties under the World Heritage List, which cover 711 cultural sites, 180 [3] natural sites and 27 mixed properties encompassing 152 countries, including India. Countries who have signed the Convention are 187 States, including India, which signed the Convention on November 14, [4]29 sites in india 1977. Agra & ajantha caves are first two sites identified in India 1983 28 articles in unesco world heritage conservation

What is IUCN?
The International Union for Conservation of Nature is the worlds oldest and largest global environmental organization Founded in 1948 as the worlds first global environmental organization Conserving biodiversity is central to the mission of IUCN

Convention on Biological Diversity


The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is an international legally binding treaty. The Convention has three main goals: 1. conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); 2. sustainable use of its components; and 3. fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources In other words, its objective is to develop national strategies for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. It is often seen as the key document regarding sustainable development. The Convention was opened for signature at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro on 5 June 1992 and entered into force on 29 December 1993. 2010 was the International Year of Biodiversity. The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity is the focal point for the International Year of Biodiversity. At the 2010 10th Conference of Parties (COP) to

the Convention on Biological Diversity in October in Nagoya, Japan, the Nagoya Protocol was adopted.[1] On 22 December 2010, the UN declared the period from 2011 to 2020 as the UN-Decade on Biodiversity. international Day for Biological Diversity 22 May The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety of the Convention, also known as the Biosafety Protocol, was adopted in January 2000. The Biosafety Protocol seeks to protect biological diversity from the potential risks posed by living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology. there are 193 Parties

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