Wetland surface area, both coastal and inland, declined by about 35% between 1970 and 2015. Globally, the rate of loss ...

Ramsar is an international convention that gives accreditation to areas that need protection because they are particularly ...

The Meghalaya High Court on Thursday (February 27) registered a suo moto PIL to ensure that the Ramsar Convention wetland sites within the State are properly maintained and ensured.

The Centre has announced the addition of four new Ramsar sites in India, increasing the total to 89. The newly designated Ramsar sites include Sakkarakottai Bird Sanctuary and Therthangal Bird ...

Environmentalists in Jersey are calling for further protection of the island's Ramsar Sites after they claim the wetlands are ...

The Centre has announced the addition of four new Ramsar sites in India, increasing the total to 89.The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change made the announcement ahead of World ...

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Two bird sanctuaries in Tamil Nadu’s Ramanathapuram district — Sakkarakottai and Therthangal — have been designated as Ramsar sites. With this, the State has 20 Ramsar sites and continues to ...

Chennai: The declaration of Sakkarakottai and Theerthangal bird sanctuaries in Ramanathapuram district as two new Ramsar sites on Saturday has taken the total number of such sites to 20 in the ...

Given the tremendous environmental challenges across the globe, local efforts to catapult conservation initiatives, as in the ...

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands will hold its 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) in Victoria Falls this year, hosted by Zimbabwe. The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, ...

Ramsar is an international convention that gives accreditation to areas that need protection because they are particularly important to birds and other species. The areas accredited are the ...