News Headline
Kavvayi wetlands: The next Ramsar site in Kerala?
Source
Indian Express Newspapers (Mumbai)
Publication Date
2013-08-20
The Kavvayi backwaters, one of the major wetland ecosystems in North Kerala, is all set to be the next entrant into the Ramsar list of protected sites. The state environment department is busy preparing the proposal to bring the backwaters, situated near Payyannur, Kannur under Ramsar convention, an international treaty meant to protect wetlands.