Mai Pokhari, a mid-hill wetland of religious significance in eastern Ilam district of Nepal has been declared a Ramsar site. Kathmandu, Nepal - Mai Pokhari, a mid-hill wetland of religious ...

In short: A planned development of protected wetlands in Queensland has been scrapped almost 10 years after first being proposed. An analysis of EPBC Act applications shows large developments in ...

Amman, March 23 (Petra)-- Barakat Al-Zyoud – Jordan has long prioritized the protection of its wetlands, following decades of environmental degradation caused by drought and other factors. Nearly six ...

WWF and the Office of Natural Resource and Environment Policy and Planning (ONEP) are working together to lay the groundwork for 20 new Ramsar sites in Thailand. The plan began with WWF Thailand ...

CHENNAI, (IANS) – Tamil Nadu has become the state with highest number of Ramsar sites after the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ramsar sites secretariat accepted the state’s proposal ...

Experts welcome declaration of bird sanctuary as Ramsar site; say it will strengthen protection regime of this biodiversity site The only state in the South with no Ramsar site till now finally got ...

The protective forest in HCMC's outlying Can Gio District meets the requirements to be designated a Ramsar site and should be nominated for it, the city government has said. In a recent communication ...

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the World Wetlands Day on Sunday, four more wetlands have got an international tag of Ramsar Convention sites, taking the total number of such globally recognised wetlands in the ...

New Delhi: Three new wetlands have got the Ramsar site tag taking the total tally of Ramsar wetlands to 85 in India, Union environment minister, Bhupender Yadav said ahead of 78th Independence Day.

India has added 11 more wetlands to the list of Ramsar sites, marshes that are of international importance, bringing the country’s total tally to 75, environment minister Bhupender Yadav announced on ...