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New Ramsar sites - June 2025
June 9 , 2025
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- Khichan in Phalodi and Menar in Udaipur have been designated as Ramsar sites recently.
- This addition takes our sites tally to 91.
- Khichan Wetland is located in the northern Thar Desert.
- It comprises the two water bodies, Ratri nadi (river) and Vijaysagar talab (pond), riparian habitat and scrub land.
- The Menar Wetland Complex is a freshwater monsoon wetland complex.
- It is formed by three ponds-Braham talab, Dhand talab and Kheroda talab.
- The Ramsar Convention is an intergovernmental treaty signed in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran.
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