2 Sanctuary Sites were added to the list of Ramsar Sites in India // Some Information about Ramsar Site and Added Sites // 2022 Current Affairs //

 2 Sanctuary sites were added to the list of Ramsar Sites in India:

On the occasion of World Wetland Day(2nd February), Two new Sites namely, Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary in Uttar Pradesh and Khijadiya Bird Sanctuary in Gujarat have been added to the list of Wetlands of International Importance by the Ramsar Convention. With this, the number of Ramsar sites in India goes up to 49, the highest in South Asia. The total area covered under Ramsar Site in India is over 1million hectares.

It's Important to note that, Four sites were added to the Ramsar List of India in 2021 namely Thol and Wadhwana from the state of Gujrat along with Sultanpur and Bhindawas from Haryana. With the addition of the Bakhira Wildlife Sanctuary now Uttar Pradesh stands atop among all states with the Nine Ramsar Site

SPECIAL NOTES FOR ASPIRANTS:

• The First Ramsar Site in India is Chilka Lake(1981).

• Largest Ramsar Site in India- Sundarban(2019)

• Smallest Ramsar Site in India- Renuka Wetland(Himachal Pradesh)

• Largest Wetland in the World- Pantanal

• West Bengal Got two Ramsar Sites- East Kolkata Wetland(2002) and Sundarban(2019)

• United Kingdom got highest number of Ramsar site in the world(175)