But one of the few things often deemed unacceptable to clear is crucial habitat in Australia's 67 wetlands of international significance, otherwise known as Ramsar sites. The Ramsar convention is ...

Introduction Ghana 39;s Ramsar sites are ecological treasures that safeguard biodiversity, mitigate climate change, and ...

The day marks the date of the adoption of the “Convention of Wetlands of International Importance”, held in 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Through the ...

Since 1971, February 2 is observed every year as ‘World Wetland Day’ to mark the adoption of the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the conservation of wetlands, which was signed ...

Jayshree Vencatesan becomes the first Indian to win the Ramsar Wetland Wise Use Award for her dedication to wetland conservation. In a historic achievement for India’s conservation efforts, Jayshree ...

This is the first Ramsar Site in Sikkim. Sources said that the announcement was recently made by the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change ahead of World Wetlands Day on February 2.

CHENNAI: Jayshree Vencatesan, co-founder of Chennai-based Care Earth Trust, has become the first Indian to be honored with the Ramsar award for 'Wetland Wise Use', a globally recognised accolade ...