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Consider the following statements regarding Asan Conservation Reserve. 1. The Reserve is located on the banks of the Yamuna river near Dehradun district. 2. It is a Ramsar site. Which of the following statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements regarding Asan Conservation Reserve. 1. The Reserve is located on the banks of the Yamuna river near Dehradun district. 2. It is a Ramsar site. Which of the following statements given above is/are correct? Correct Answer Both 1 and 2

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

In News - 

  • Asan Conservation Reserve has become Uttarakhand’s first Ramsar site, making it a ‘Wetland of International Importance’, announced by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. Hence statement 2 is correct.
  • The Reserve is located on the banks of the Yamuna river near Dehradun district in the Garhwal region of the Himalayan state. Hence statement 1 is correct.

Important Points

  • Asan Conservation Reserve cleared five out of the nine criteria needed to be declared as a Ramsar site and get identified as a Wetland of International Importance.
  • It cleared the category on species and ecological communities, one on waterbirds and another on fish.
  • Ramsar declares Asan Conservation Reserve as a site of international importance.
  • Currently, India has 46 Ramsar sites. 

Additional Information

  • Ramsar Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental treaty that was adopted on February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.
  • The name of the Convention is usually written “Convention on Wetlands’’.
  • The Convention on Wetlands came into force for India on February 1, 1982.
  • Those wetlands which are of international importance are declared as Ramsar sites.

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