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🔆 New Ramsar Sites in Bihar
📍 Why in Focus?
✅ Gokul Jalashay (Buxar) & Udaipur Jheel (West Champaran) designated as Ramsar Sites in 2025, raising Bihar’s tally to 5 and India’s to 93.
📍 About Gokul Jalashay
✅ Location: Buxar district, on southern edge of Ganga River.
✅ Type: Oxbow lake, 448 ha.
✅ Features: Supports 50+ bird species; key food & breeding ground during pre-monsoon season when shrubs & marshland emerge.
📍 About Udaipur Jheel
✅ Location: West Champaran, adjoining Udaipur Wildlife Sanctuary (north & west).
✅ Type: Oxbow lake, 319 ha; formed by Gandaki River.
✅ Features: Wintering ground for 35 migratory bird species incl. vulnerable Common Pochard.
✅ Harbours 280+ plant species; supports bar-headed geese, ruddy shelducks, Eurasian wigeons.
📍 Bihar’s Ramsar Status (5 sites, ~4,500 ha):
✅ Kabar Taal/Jheel (Begusarai) – ~2,620 ha (1st Ramsar site).
✅ Nagi Bird Sanctuary (Jamui) – listed 2024.
✅ Nakti Bird Sanctuary (Jamui) – listed 2024.
✅ Gokul Jalashay (Buxar) – 448 ha.
✅ Udaipur Jheel (West Champaran) – 319 ha.
📍 Significance:
✅ These wetlands aid biodiversity conservation, strengthen Central Asian Flyway (CAF) – one of nine major global migratory bird routes, spanning 30 countries from Arctic to Indian Ocean.
✅ Mains Question:
Critically examine the ecological and migratory significance of Bihar’s wetlands within the Central Asian Flyway. How does Ramsar recognition aid conservation?
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BY MPPSC Previous Year ( PYQ )
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