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UPPCS Environment Gap Sheet: Ramsar Sites (Wetlands).
UPPCS has asked 27 of these. 11 have not been asked yet. Lock the first list, then read the second: it holds what UPPCS has not used yet.
First, the concept
The Ramsar Convention on wetlands was signed in 1971 at Ramsar, Iran. India joined in 1982. World Wetlands Day is 2 February.
India has more than 90 Ramsar sites (about 96 by the end of 2025). Tamil Nadu has the most (20); Uttar Pradesh has 10. The count grows every year, so check the latest number.
The Montreux Record lists Ramsar sites in danger. From India, Keoladeo and Loktak are on it; Chilika was removed in 2002 after it recovered.
✅ Already asked (27)
Firsts and records
- Chilika · Odisha; one of India's first two (1981)
- Keoladeo (Bharatpur) · Rajasthan; first two (1981); on the Montreux Record
- Sundarbans · West Bengal; the largest Ramsar site of India
- Loktak · Manipur; on the Montreux Record
- Montreux Record · List of Ramsar sites under threat
North
- Wular · Jammu and Kashmir
- Harike, Kanjli and Ropar · Punjab
- Pong Dam Lake, Chandertal and Renuka · Himachal Pradesh
- Sultanpur and Bhindawas · Haryana
- Asan Barrage · Uttarakhand
- Sambhar · Rajasthan; salt lake
East and North-East
- Deepor Beel · Assam
- Bhitarkanika, Satkosia and Tampara · Odisha
- Udhwa Lake · Jharkhand's first (2025)
- Kabartal (Kanwar Jheel) · Bihar's first
West and Centre
- Nalsarovar, Thol, Khijadiya, Wadhvana · Gujarat
- Lonar and Thane Creek · Maharashtra
- Bhoj Wetland · Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
South
- Point Calimere · Tamil Nadu
- Gulf of Mannar and Vembannur · Tamil Nadu
- Vembanad-Kol, Ashtamudi, Sasthamkotta · Kerala
- Kolleru · Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (UP special)
- Nawabganj, Sandi, Samaspur · Unnao, Hardoi, Rae Bareli
- Parvati Arga and Sarsai Nawar · Gonda; Etawah (sarus crane)
- Saman and Sur Sarovar · Mainpuri; Agra
- Upper Ganga (Brijghat–Narora) · River stretch; Gangetic dolphin
- Bakhira and Haiderpur · Sant Kabir Nagar; Muzaffarnagar–Bijnor
❌ Not asked yet (11)
🔒 11 items not asked yet
North: 2 · East and North-East: 4 · West and Centre: 2 · South: 3
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⚠️ Chilika was taken off the Montreux Record in 2002; Keoladeo and Loktak are still on it. The Ramsar Convention was signed in Iran, not in Brazil (that was the 1992 Earth Summit).
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