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Tamil Nadu now boasts the highest number of Ramsar sites in the country, with the addition of two new bird sanctuaries to the list. The State government had submitted proposals seeking the Ramsar site tag for the Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary in Tiruppur district and the Kaliveli Bird Sanctuary in Villupuram. Among the prominent Ramsar wetlands in Tamil Nadu are 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. The three new Ramsar sites are Nanjarayan Bird Sanctuary and Kazhuveli Bird Sanctuary in Tamil Nadu and Tawa Reservoir in Madhya Pradesh. Between 1982 and 2013, India …

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Longwood Shola, Karaivetti sanctuary in Tamil Nadu recognised as Ramsar sites, tally increases to 16

CHENNAI: Two more wetlands from Tamil Nadu have been added to the Ramsar list taking the total tally to 16, which is the highest in India. The State government has sent proposals seeking Ramsar recognition for Longwood and Karaivetti, which were accepted by the Union environment ministry and Ramsar Secretariat. Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav …

HYDERABAD: Telangana has yet to identify even one wetland to receive the Ramsar tag despite a State Wetland Authority being established in 2019. While 11 new sites, including four in Tamil Nadu, received the Ramsar tag for wetlands of worldwide importance, Telangana is yet to figure in the list. According to the Wetlands Rules, 2017, the SWA is obligated to …

In just one week, Tamil Nadu’s count of Ramsar sites, wetlands of international importance, went from just one to 10. Only after witnessing the villagers’ determination did the Forest Department declare it a bird sanctuary in 1994 and the official conservation efforts have yielded excellent results, with over 224 species of birds recorded so far. Then, this sanctuary will be …