The Thane Creek, in Mumbai, is now a Ramsar Site. Before getting into details of how this will impact wildlife at the Thane Creek, it is important to know what a Ramsar site is. A wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention is known as a Ramsar site. The Ramsar Convention is also known as “The Convention on Wetlands”, and is an inter-governmental environmental treaty established in 1971 by UNESCO, that came into force in 1975. The conference/convention was held in Ramsar, in Iran, in 1971, hence the name…
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