Question

    Where was Ramsar convention

    held?
    A Iraq Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Iran Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Kazakhstan Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Israel Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E None of the above Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    A Ramsar Site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention. The name Ramsar comes from the Ramsar City of Iran, where this treaty was signed. The Convention on Wetlands is also known as the Ramsar Convention. It is an intergovernmental environmental treaty established in 1971 by UNESCO and came into force in 1975.

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