Question
Download Solution PDFMission of Ramsar Convention is to conserve ______.
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Wetland.
Key Points
- The Ramsar Convention is a treaty that aims at the conservation of wetlands and the wise use of the resources from the wetlands as a part of sustainable development.
- This treaty was first adopted by the Ramsar city of Iran in 1971.
- The Ramsar convention was co-founded by Eskandar Firouz (former environment minister of Iran), Luc Hoffmann of Tour du Valat research station in the Camargue in France, and Geoffrey Matthews of the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge in the late 1960s.
- It was started on 2 February 1971. Iran is the only global treaty that focuses specifically on wetlands.
- Today 170 nations are signatories to the Ramsar Convention.
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