State governments are encouraged to nominate wetlands as new Ramsar sites, said Minister of Natural Resources, Environment, and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.

He also called on Ramsar site managers in the country to step up their management activities in line with the objectives of the Ramsar Convention.

Malaysia ratified the Ramsar Convention on March 10, 1995, so named after the city of Ramsar in Iran, where the convention was signed in 1971...