Q. Mission Sahbhagita has been launched recently, it aims:
Answer:
To conserve wetlands
Notes:
- Mission Sahbhagita was launched by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) in 2022.
- It enables a society ownership approach for participatory conservation and wise use of Wetlands.
- ‘Save Wetlands Campaign’ was launched as part of this Mission on the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2023 at Goa.
- World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2ndof February, the date of the adoption of the Ramsar Convention in 1971.
- As on 14 August 2022 (75thIndependence Day), India has 75 Ramsar Sites.