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Community fishing banned at Assam Ramsar site

Community fishing banned

Community fishing banned at Assam Ramsar site The Kamrup (Metropolitan) district administration has prohibited community fishing at Deepor Beel, a wetland on the south-western edge of Guwahati and Assam’s only Ramsar site. Fishing at Deepor Beel, a wetland on the south-western…

Nandur Madhameshwar

Nandur Madhameshwar

Nandur Madhameshwar The International Ramsar Convention on Wetlands has declared Nandur Madhameshwar wetland in Niphad tahsil of Nashik district as Ramsar wetland. This is the first wetland in the state and among the nine wetlands in India declared by the…

Pobitora wildlife sanctuary

Pobitora wildlife sanctuary

Pobitora wildlife sanctuary Pobitora Wild Life Sanctuary is located in the banks of Brahmaputra in Assam. It is declared as wild life sanctuary in 1987. It has grassland and wetland topography. The sanctuary host Indian one-horned rhinos, wild boars, water…