World Wetlands Day 2001: India The Punjab State Council for
Science & Technology is working as a nodal coordinating agency
for conservation and management of wetlands in the State. There
are three wetlands ,namely Harike, Kanjli and Ropar, which have
been included in the list of wetlands of national importance for
their conservation with the support of Ministry of Environment &
Forests, Government of India. Harike has also been included in
the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. We have
also prepared detailed information for Kanjli and Ropar Wetlands
and submitted to the Ministry for nomination of these wetlands
for inclusion in the Ramsar List. I would wish to mention here
that we are organizing a number of programmes for generating
public awareness about the wetland ecosystems so that the public
participation is enhanced to conserve and manage wetland
resources. Recently we had celebrated Children's Day on 14th
November, 2000 at Harike wherein more than 500 school children
participated and