Context: Kabartal in Bihar’s Begusarai district has been recognised as a wetland of international importance — the first such wetland in the state — under the Ramsar Convention.

• It is an important wetland of the Central Asian Flyway for the population of migratory birds & biodiversity
• With this now India has 39 Ramsar sites.

Ramsar Convention

• The Ramsar Convention is an international treaty for the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
• It is named after the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the Caspian Sea, where the treaty was signed on February 2, 1971.
• The 39 Ramsar sites in India include
• Chilika Lake in Odisha
• Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan
• Harike Lake in Punjab
• Loktak Lake in Manipur
• Wular Lake in Jammu and Kashmir

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