The Latest Breaking News from Ramsar

The Indian government aims to promote nature tourism at Ramsar sites, shifting from high-value to sustainable tourism while supporting conservation and local communities.

Rapid urbanisation in Kozhikode has led to destruction of Kottooli wetlands, a proposed Ramsar site. Husband-wife duo, both professors, have revealed that Conolly Canal was not beneficial to the ecosystem. Canal caused water level reduction, dry areas, loss of agricultural land, backflow of brackish water, and pollution. National Highway 66…

Three of them are in Tamil Nadu and one each in Madhya Pradesh and Mizoram

The Manipur government’s proposed mega ecotourism project at the Loktak lake – a site of global significance under the Ramsar convention and home to the critically endangered sangai deer – has again waded in troubled waters. Tenders to appoint consultants for the Rs 1,700 crore project in Bishnupur district were…

India urged Convention on Wetlands to fast-track designation of 26 wetlands in the country as Ramsar sites

Also wants to know by when all wetlands will get notified under the 2017 conservation Rules 

After years of drought and barely surviving a large bushfire, frogs are the most recent sign the Ramsar-listed Macquarie Marshes is on the mend.

It meets all criteria to be declared as ‘Wetland of international importance’

Landfill adjacent to Ashtamudi Ramsar site will be cleared