Context: Deepor Beel, Assam’s only Ramsar site, which is troubled by development projects and urban waste, has 30 more waterfowl species than the total counted in 2022, a bird survey has found.
About Deepor Beel:
Deepor Beel (Beel means wetland or large aquatic body in Assamese) is located Southwest of Guwahati.
It is considered one of the largest and important riverine wetlands in the Brahmaputra Valley of lower Assam, India.
Due to the richness of avian fauna, it has been selected as one of the Important Bird Area (IBA) sites by Birdlife International.
It was designated a Ramsar site in 2002 for sustaining a range of aquatic life forms besides 219 species of birds.
A Ramsar Site is a wetland designated to be of international importance under the Convention on Wetlands, held at the Iranian city of Ramsar in February 1971.
