Siliserh Lake in Alwar, Rajasthan, and Kopra Jalashay near Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh have been designated as new Ramsar Sites.

The development places Kopra Reservoir on the global list of wetlands of international importance, underlining the state's ...

Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai has hailed the development, saying that ‘Declaration of Kopra reservoir as ...

Indore: Once a reliable winter home to 24 pairs of ruddy shelducks, Sirpur Lake now stands eerily quiet. The Ramsar-listed ...

India has added two new Ramsar Sites, taking the total to 96, up from 26 in 2014. Siliserh Lake in Alwar, Rajasthan and Kopra ...

The announcement was made at the 14th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Wetlands, known as the Ramsar Convention, held in Geneva, Switzerland, from November 5 to 13. The Wetland City ...

Freshwater is perhaps the most important resource on Earth. Despite this, few global agreements on freshwater exist and the oldest and most effective of them — the Ramsar Convention — is often ...

Ramsar is launching a call for nominations for the Ramsar Wetland Awards, which will be presented at the next Ramsar Conference of the Parties in Romania, June 2012. Ramsar is launching a call for ...

Gyeongbuk Province announced that Mungyeong City was officially certified as a ‘Ramsar Wetland City’ at the 64th Ramsar Convention Standing Committee meeting (host country China) held in Gland, ...

The three new Ramsar sites are Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary and Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and Tawa Reservoir in Madhya Pradesh. New Delhi: Three new wetlands have got the Ramsar site tag ...

The Convention on Wetlands declared Siliserh Lake in Alwar, Rajasthanas Indias 96th Ramsar site and Kopra reservoir in Bilaspur Chhattishgarh has also been added to the list. This recognition is a ...