Febraury 2

World Wetlands Day

Why on these day?

It marks the date of the adoption of the convention on wetlands on Febrauary 2 1971,in the Ramsar,Iran.Each year Since 1997Government agencies,non-governmental Organizationsand groups of citizens at all levels of hte community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public a warenesss of wetlands values and benefits.The convention on wetlands came into force for India presently has 26 sites designated as of wetlands of International importance .

Every year New Theme will be announced

YEAR	Theme
2010	Wetlands,Biodiversity and climate change
2011	wetlands and forests
2012	Wetlands and tourism
2013	Wetlands take care of water

List of Ramsar sites in INDIA

	Site name	State
1	Ashtamudi Wetland	Kerala
2	Bhitarkanika Mangroves	Orissa
3	Bhoj Wetland	Madhya Pradesh
4	Chandra Taal	HimachalPradesh
5	Chilika Lake	Orissa
6	Deepor Beel	Assam
7	East Calcutta Wetlands	WestBengal
8	Harike Wetlands	Jammu & Kashmir
9	Hokesar Wetlands	Jammu and Kashmir
10	Kanjli Wetland	Punjab
11	Keoladeo National Park	Rajasthan
12	Kolleru Lake	AndhraPradesh
13	Loktak Lake	Manipur
14	Nalsarovar Bird Sanctuary	Gujarat
15	Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary	Tamilnadu
16	Pong Dam lake	HimachalPradesh
17	Renuka Wetland	Himachalpradesh
18	Ropar	Punjab
19	Rudrasagar Lake	Tripura
20	Sambhar Lake	Tripura
21	Sasthamkotta Lake	Kerala
22	Surinsar-Mansar lakes	Jammu and Kashmir
23<	Tsomoriri	jammu and Kashmir
24	Upper Ganga River (Brijghat to Narora Stretch)	Uttarpradesh
25	Vemband-Kol Wetland	Kerala
26	Wular lake	Jammu and Kashmir