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- Nagi and Nakti bird sanctuaries added to ‘Ramsar Sites’.
- Nagi and Nakti bird sanctuaries man-made reservoirs are located in the Jhajha forest range of Jamui district in Bihar.
- Nakti Bird Sanctuary was developed primarily for irrigation, but later this wetland was designated as a bird sanctuary in 1984.
- Nagi Bird Sanctuary was created after the damming of the Nagi River. This wetland has more than 75 birds, 33 fish, and 12 aquatic species.
- It is home of the largest congregations of bar-headed geese in the Indo-Gangetic plane.
- The total number of wetlands in the Ramsar Sites list reached to 82 in India.
- At present, the United Kingdom (175) has the highest number of Ramsar Sites’, followed by Mexico (144). India and China are in the third position.
- In the last ten years, the number of Ramsar sites in India has increased from 26 to 82. 40 have been added in the last three years.
- The Ramsar convention was adopted in 1971 to provide a framework for the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
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