What is the Montreux Record? List any eight ‘Ramsar’ wetland sites in India

IAS Mains General Studies Sample Answers

List any eight ‘Ramsar’ wetland sites located in India

What is the Montreux Record’ and what Indian sites are included in this Record?
The list of Ramsar sites in India comprises wetlands deemed to be of  "International Importance" under the Ramsar convention.

What is Montreaux Record?

The Montreaux Record is a voluntary mechanism to highlight specific wetland of international importance under the Ramsar convention, but which are facing immediate challenges. In particular, the Montreux Record is a register of listed Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring, or are likely to occur as a result of technological developments, pollution or other human interference.

At present, 51 sites were listed in the Montreaux Record. The Montreaux Record was established by Recommendation 4.8 at the 1990 cop. Indian sites in the Montreaux Record are Keolade National Park-Rajasthan, Loktak Lake – Manipur.

List of Indian wetlands under Ramsar Convention

Sr. No. Name of Wetland State Date of Declaration
1. Chilika lake Orissa 01 – 10 – 1981
2. Keoladeo National park Rajasthan 01 – 10 – 1981
3. Harike Lake Punjab 23 – 03 – 1990
4. Loktak Lake Manipur 23 – 03 – 1990
5. Sambhar Lake Rajasthan 23 – 03 – 1990
6. Wular Lake Jammu Kashmir 23 – 03 – 1990
7. Ashtamudi wetland Kerala 19 – 08 – 2002
8. Bhitarkanika Mangroves Orissa 19 – 08 – 2002
9. Bhoj wetland Madhya Pradesh 19 – 08 – 2002
10. Deepor Beel Assam 19 – 08 – 2002
11. East Calcutta wetlands West Bengal 19 – 08 – 2002
12. Kanjili Punjab 22 – 01 – 2002
13. Ropar P unjab 22 – 01 – 2002
14. Kolleru Lake Andhra Pradesh 19 – 08 – 2002
15. Point calimere Tamil Nadu 19 – 08 – 2002
16. Pong Dam Lake Himachal Pradesh 19 – 08 – 2002
17. Sasthamkotta Lake Kerala 19 – 08 – 2002
18. Tsomoriri Jammu & Kashmir 19 – 08 – 2002
19. Vembanad-kol wetland Kerala 19 – 08 – 2002
20. Chandertal wetland Himachal Pradesh 08 – 11 – 2005
21. Hokera wetland Jammu & Kashmir 08 – 11 – 2005
22. Renuka wetland Himachal Pradesh 08 – 11 – 2005
23. Rudrasagar Lake Tripura 08 – 11 – 2005
24. Surinsar-Mansar Lakes Jammu & Kashmir 08 – 11 – 2005
25. Upper Ganga River Uttar Pradesh 08 – 11 – 2005 (Brijghat to Narora stretch)

Explore More

« Go Back to Model Answer Page

Tags & Keywords: 
Civil Services Main Exam
General Studies
IAS Mains General Studies Answers
data-matched-content-ui-type="image_card_stacked"