UPSC CURRENT AFFAIRS | INDIA’S RAMSAR SITES RISE TO 54 AS 5 WETLANDS GET ‘INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE’ TAG | 28TH JULY | HINDUSTAN TIMES
SYLLABUS SECTION: GS III (ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY) WHY IN NEWS? Recently, Union environment ministry has announce that India has designate five new Ramsar sites as ‘wetlands of international importance’. After this the number of Ramsar sites has been increase to 54 from 49 in the country. SITES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIGNATE AS RAMSAR SITES: 1)Tamil …