Showing posts with label February 2 is World Wetlands Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label February 2 is World Wetlands Day. Show all posts

Sunday, 31 January 2016

February 2 World Wetlands Day

February 2 World Wetlands Day

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World Wetland Day marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands, called the Ramsar Convention, on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. WWD was celebrated for the first time in 1997 and made an encouraging beginning. Each year, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have acted to raise public awareness of wetland values and benefits in general and the Ramsar Convention in particular.


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