6.Sahbhagita Mission: Union Minister of State for External Affairs, Forest, Environment, and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has recently inaugurated the Regional Workshop on Wetland Conservation under Mission Sahbhagita for North Indian States.
o Theme: "Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future."
o Significant due to COP15 (15th Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands).
o COP15 scheduled for 23-31 July 2025 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, under the same theme.
o The Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention), adopted in 1971.
o UN General Assembly adopted Resolution 75/317 on 30 August 2021, establishing World Wetlands Day as a UN International Day.
o World Wetlands Day 2025 Celebrations in India: At Parvati Arga Bird Sanctuary, Gonda, UP, is among the largest floodplain wetlands, sheltering over a lakh birds.