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RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS
• international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands.
• Known as the Convention on Wetlands. [Waterfowl convention]
• Adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 established by UNESCO
• Force in 1975
• Headquarters in Gland, Switzerland where the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
• World Wetlands Day, 2 February every year.
• Number of Contracting Parties: 171 (Including India join in 1981)
• Ramsar Convention was modified by the Paris Protocol in 1982 and by the Regina Amendments in 1987.

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