Ramsar Sites of Jammu & Kashmir
Ramsar
Convention on Wetlands-international treaty
conservation
and sustainable use of wetlands
Also
called-Convention on Wetlands
Named
After-Ramsar City in Iran
Signed-2nd-February
1971-World Wetlands Day
originally
contracted-7 countries
Into
force-21 December 1975
172
contracting Parties
2400
Ramsar Sites covering
2.5
million sq km
World’s first Ramsar Site
Cobourg
Peninsula-Australia-1974
United
Kingdom-Most Ramsar Sites-175
Mexico on
number second-142
World Largest
Ramsar Sites-Bolivia-1,48,000 sq km
Largest
Ramsar Site in India
Sunderbans
Wetland-West Bengal-4230 sq km
Smallest
Ramsar Site of India
Renuka
Wetland-Himachal Pradesh-0.2 sq km
Oldest
Ramsar Sites of India
Chilka
Lake-Orissa-1-10-1981
Keoladeo
Ghana NP-Rajasthan-1-10-1981
Latest Ramsar Sites in India
47th
Ramsar site-Haiderpur Wetland-Uttar Pradesh
48th-Bakhira
Wild life sanctuary-west Gorakhpur-Uttar Pradesh
49th-Ramsar
Site-Khijadia Bird Sanctuary-Jamnagar-Gujarat
India-49
Ramsar sites covering-areaa-11650.553 sq km
Ramsar Site of Jammu & Kashmir
- Wular Lake-23.3.1990-189 sq km
- Hokera Wetland-8.11.2005-13.75 s km
- Surinsar-Mansar-8.11.2005-3.5 sq km
- Tso Kar Wetland-Ladakh-17.11.2020-95.77 sq km
- Tsomoriri Lake Ladakh-19.8.2002-120 sq km
