Ramsar convention

List of Wetlands of International Importance

"Ramsar List“
India 26 Ramsar Site(s)
• Montreux Record

• INDIA
• Keoladeo National Park
• Rajasthan

• Loktak Lake
• Manipur
• Montreux Record is a register of wetland sites
on the List of Wetlands of International
Importance 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.
• It is maintained as part of the Ramsar List.
• (adopted by the Conference of the Contracting
Parties (COP) in Resolution VI.1, Brisbane,
1996, accompanying the Guidelines for
Operation of the Montreux Record)
• 13th Meeting of the Conference of the
Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention
on Wetlands (COP13) to be held in DUBAI,
UAE in october 2018
• Chilika Lake, Orissa included in MontreuxRecord
in 1993 have been removed in November
2002. Itis placed on the Montreux Record due to
problems caused by siltation and sedimentation
which was choking the mouth of the lake;
removed from the Record in 2002 following
rehabilitation efforts for which the Chilika
Development Authority received the Ramsar
Wetland Conservation Award for 2002.