Mains > Environment & Ecology > Biodiversity > Wetland conservation
REFERENCE NEWS:The central government aims to transform Ramsar sites like Odisha’s Chilika Lake and Haryana’s Sultan...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wetland conservation
Why in news? Recently, Assam Forest Department conducted the 2nd Bird Species Count Exercise after February 2022 i...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wetland conservation
Why in news? Recently, Loktak Lake Authority of Manipur recently issued a notice to remove all floating houses and...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wetland conservation
Why in news? India has added 10 more wetlands designated as Ramsar sites to make a total 64 sites. About 10 N...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Global warming > Wetland conservation
Why in news? Researchers warn that permafrost peatlands in Europe and Western Siberia are much closer to a climati...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wetland conservation
Why in news? Two new Ramsar sites — Khijadiya wildlife sanctuary in Gujarat and Bakhira wildlife sanctuary in Ut...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wetland conservation
Why in news? Four Indian sites have been newly recognised as wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Species extinction & protection > Wetland conservation
Why in news? A Mandarin duck was seen floating in the Maguri-Motapung beel (or wetland) of Assam’s Tinsukia ...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Miscellaneous > Wetland conservation
About Chilika lake: Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over three districts of Odisha at the mouth of...
Preliminary > Environment and Ecology > Protected Area Networks > Wetland conservation
Why in news? Winter migratory water birds using the central Asian flyway have started making a beeline to Punjabâ€...