World Wetlands Day is celebrated on February 2
Highlights:
- World Wetlands Day is observed every year on February 2 to raise awareness about the importance of wetlands and the need to preserve them.
- The day commemorates the date when the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971.
- The World Wetlands Day 2022 is significant as this is the first time that the day will be observed as a United Nationals International Day.
Theme : "Wetlands Action for People and Nature".
- The theme aims to highlight the importance of actions that ensure that wetlands are conserved and sustainably used.
- The World Wetlands Day 2022 focus is on taking action for wetlands.
- The day calls for more human, financial and political capital investment to preserve the world’s wetlands and save them from disappearing and restore those that have been degraded.
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