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Ramsar Sites are the wetlands that have international importance. The term was coined when the International Treaty for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Wetlands was signed at a city of Iran called Ramsar in 1971 . Ramsar Sites in India Ramsar Sites in India – Latest Addition The following sites have been added as the recognized Ramsar Sites in India: Maharashtra – Lonar Lake Agra (Uttar Pradesh) – Sur Sarovar also called, Keetham Lake Uttarakhand – Asan Barrage Bihar – Kanwar Lake or Kabal Taal Facts about Ramsar Sites & Indian Wetlands: Other Interesting Facts about the Ramsar sites: Ramsar sites are one of the major protected areas in the world. There are currently over 2400 Ramsar sites in the world covering an area of 2.5 million sq. kilometres. World’s First Ramsar site was identified in 1974, which was the Cobourg Peninsula in Australia. The United Kingdom has the world’s largest number of Ramsar sites i.e 175. February 2 is celebrated as International Wetlands Day ...

Whether measures enforced this time round will help cities rein in air pollution, given the ongoing pandemic, is a moot point. As Delhi's Air Quality Index (AQI) dips to "very poor" and "severe", the capital's authorities are enforcing GRAP strictly Winter is almost here and the perennial battle of the National Capital Region (NCR) against air pollution, arising out of both local factors and the burning of agricultural stubble, has begun once again. Air pollution control measures under the “very poor” and “severe” categories of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) have been enforced in the NCR cities from October 15, and enforcement of anti-pollution norms by various agencies is currently under way. Whether these are able to rein in air pollution, especially with the added risk presented by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic this year, remains to be seen. The GRAP is a set of emergency measures to be taken to reduce air pollution, including odd-even vehi...

Ahead of finalising new goals to protect biodiversity in next 10 years (2021-30), the UN Convention on Biological Diversity on Tuesday released its fifth Global Biodiversity Outlook report showing how none of the 20 agreed conservation targets of the past 10 years could be fully met by the word - a case which will further complicate the global biodiversity crisis.  Experts believe that such crisis may push the world towards more disasters like Covid-19 pandemic, a zoonotic disease transmitted between animals and humans, massive wildfires and water crisis if the countries don't accept the growing scientific consensus over an ambitious new target of protecting at least 30% of the planet by 2030 – popularly known as 30x30 target – under the UN Convention . Blaming human pressure on resources and unsustainable policies where $500 Billion value of government subsidies potentially cause environmental harm across the globe, the report underlined that the world would now require more...