Mains Paper II · 4 Environment & Ecology · 4.8 Climate and environmental treaties

4.8.9 Ramsar, CMS and UNCCD

Ramsar (1971) protects wetlands, the Bonn Convention or CMS (1979) protects migratory animals, and the UNCCD (1994) fights desertification and land degradation; India is a Party to all three, and Kolleru is Andhra Pradesh's Ramsar site.

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Key terms

  • Ramsar Convention
  • wetlands
  • wise use
  • Montreux Record
  • World Wetlands Day
  • Kolleru
  • CMS
  • Bonn Convention
  • migratory species
  • Gandhinagar COP13
  • Central Asian Flyway
  • UNCCD
  • desertification
  • land degradation neutrality
  • Bonn Challenge
  • COP14 New Delhi
  • 26 million hectares

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