Rajasthan's Menar bird village will become a wetland

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Menar village in Udaipur district, recognized as "Bird Village" after various conservation efforts, has been decided to be notified as the new wetland of Rajasthan.

• This will pave the way for this rural area of Mewar region to get the status of Ramsar site.

• About Menar Wetland

• The two lakes of Menar village- Brahma and Dhandha host a large number of migratory birds every year.

• More than 150 species of local and migratory birds reside in both the lakes during the winter season.

• These include the Greater Flamingo, White-tailed Lapwing, Pelican, Marsh Harrier, Bar-headed Goose, Common Teal, Greenshank, Pintail, Wagtail, Green Sandpiper and Red-Wattled Lapwing.

• Bird lovers and tourists visit this village after the arrival of migratory birds from Central Asia, Europe and Mongolia.

• Presently there are two wetlands recognized as Ramsar sites in Rajasthan-

• Keoladeo Ghana in Bharatpur District.

• Sambhar Salt Lake in Jaipur District.

• What is wetland?

• Wetlands are seasonal or permanent ecosystems located in water.

• These include mangroves, swamps, rivers, lakes, deltas, floodplains and floodplains, rice fields, coral reefs, marine areas (places with high tides less than 6 m) as well as man-made wetlands such as wastewater treatment ponds and Reservoir etc. are included.

• More than 1 billion people depend on wetlands for subsistence and 40% of the world's species live and breed in wetlands.

• 30% of land-based carbon is stored in peatlands (a type of wetland).