Protected Areas of Punjab - Wetlands, Ramsar Sites, Wildlife Sanctuaries & Conservation in Punjab

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Wetlands, Ramsar Sites, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation & Community Reserves in Punjab
Wetlands of Punjab, Ramsar Sites of Punjab

Wildlife Sanctuaries
Conservation Reserve
Community Reserves
in Punjab – Part 1

Approach
1. Introduction
2. List of Sites
3. Detail of each Site along with location
4. Tabular representation
5. Expected Questions related to each site

Wetland
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded by
water, either permanently or seasonally, where
oxygen-free processes prevail. The primary factor that
distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or
water bodies is the characteristic vegetation of
aquatic plants, adapted to the unique hydric soil.

Wetlands in Punjab
Total 20
Man-made 12
Natural 8

Important Wetland

International Importance – 6
(Ramsar Sites)

• Harike Wetlands
• Kanjli Wetland
• Ropar Wetland
• Beas Conservation Reserve
• Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
• Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary

National Wetlands -2
• Ranjit Sagar
• Nangal Lake

State Wetlands – 5
Jastarwal Wetland
Kahnuwan Chamb Wetland
Keshopur-Maini Wetland
Mand- Bharthala Wetland
Dholbhaha Reservoir

Other Wetland 7
• Amritsar (Aliwali Kotli )
• Ferozepur (Hussainiwala Reseroir)
• Hoshiarpur (Maili Dam, Mangrowal, Narayangarh Terkiana, Sital Sagar)
• Kapurthala (Rababsar)
• Mansa (Bareta)
• Patiala (Lobana)
• Sangrur (Lehal Kalan, Gobindgarh Khokhar)

Ramsar Site
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be
of international importance under the Ramsar
Convention. The Convention on Wetlands,
known as the Ramsar Convention, is an
intergovernmental environmental treaty
established in 1971 by UNESCO, which came
into force in 1975.

Ramsar Sites in Punjab

Harike Wetland
4,100 Ha.
23-03-1990

Kanjli Wetland
183 Ha.
22-01-2002

Ropar Wetland
1,365 Ha.
22-01-2002

Beas Conservation Reserve
6,428.9 Ha.
26-09-2019

Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve
344 Ha.
26-09-2019

Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary
116 Ha.
26-09-2019

Harike Wetland
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Important Facts
• Also Know as Harike Pattan
• Man-made
• On the border of Tarn Taran
Sahib district and Ferozepur
district
• On confluence of Beas and
Satluj Rivers
Biodiversity:
Birds, turtles, snakes,
amphibians, fishes and
invertebrates

Kanjli Wetland
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Important Facts
• Man-made
• In Kapurthala district
• On banks of Kali Bein
(Tributary of the Beas River)
Biodiversity:
Flora, Aqua flora, Aqua fauna
and fauna

Ropar Wetland
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Important Facts
• Man-made & freshwater
• Created in 1952
• Located in the Shivalik
foothills of the Lower
Himalayas
• On the bank of Sutlej River
Biodiversity:
At least 9 mammal, 154 bird
(migratory and local), 35 fish, 9
arthropod, 11 rotifer, 9
crustacean and 10 protozoan
species

Beas Conservation Reserve Wetland
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Important Facts
• Man-made & freshwater
• Near Goindwal Sahib
• On the bank of Beas River
Biodiversity:
Hosts the only population of
Indus river dolphins (Platanista
gangetica minor) in India
Hosts 500+ species of
Important staging area for both
summer and winter migratory
waterbirds.

Keshopur-Miani Community Reserve Wetland
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Important Facts
• Freshwater
• Declared Ramsar based on
Rare species and threatened
ecological communities
• In Gurdaspur district of
Punjab
• Sustained by rainfall
Biodiversity:
344 species of plants, herbs
(175), grasses (54), trees (48) &
climbers (26)
16 species of mammals, 434
species of migratory & resident
birds, 27 species of fishes.

Nangal Wildlife Sanctuary Wetland
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Important Facts
• Man-Made
• Freshwater
• At Nangal in Rupnagar
district of Punjab
• On Bhakra Nangal Dam
• 13 km downstream of the
Bhakra Dam
Biodiversity:
Supports abundant flora and fauna -
Indian pangolin (Manis crassicaudata),
Egyptian vulture (Neophron
percnopterus) & vulnerable leopard
(Panthera pardus).
55 migratory water birds

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