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Facts Box: World Wetlands Day
The World Wetlands Day is marked on February 2 by the Ramsar Secretariat with financial support from Danone Group. This year the day was marked under the following theme Theme: Wetlands and Biodiversity Highlights The World Wetland Day is being marked since 1997. February 2 was chosen as the Ramsar Convention was signed on this ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2020
Category: Important Days & Events Current Affairs
Topics: Conservation of Wetlands • Convention on Wetlands • Ramsar Convention • Wetlands and Climate Change • Wetlands for our future • World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day observed on February 2
The World Wetlands Day is observed annually on February 2 across the world. On 2 February 1971, the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar. From then, the day has been observed annually on the same date. The theme of this year’s World Wetlands Day is “Wetlands and Biodiversity”. Recently, 10 ..
Topics: Biodiversity • Ramsar • Wetland • World Wetlands Day
2 February: World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day was celebrated on February 2nd with the theme of “Wetlands and Climate Change”. The theme signifies the importance of healthy and intact wetlands to one of the most pressing challenges of our times, climate change. The theme has been chosen to initiate action against the drainage of wetlands. The theme Wetlands and Climate ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2019
Category: Environment Current Affairs
Topics: Caspian Sea • Conservation of Wetlands • Ramsar Convention • Wetlands and Climate Change • World Wetlands Day
2019 World Wetlands Day (WWD)
The World Wetland Day (WWD) is observed every year on 2nd of to raise awareness about the value of wetlands for humanity and the planet. The day marks adoption of the Convention on Wetlands (also called as Ramsar Convention) on 2nd February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on shores of the Caspian Sea. ..
Topics: Environment • Law by country • Politics • Ramsar • Ramsar Convention • Wetland • Wetland conservation • Wildlife law • World Wetlands Day
2018 World Wetland Day (WWD)
The World Wetlands Day (WWD) is observed every year on February 2 to mark the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the city of Ramsar in Iran in 1971. The 2018 theme is “Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future”. It highlights the value of wetlands in securing local livelihoods through activities as fishing, rice ..
Topics: Law by country • Mediterranean wetlands • Politics • Ramsar • Ramsar Convention • Wetland • Wetland conservation • Wetlands International • World Wetlands Day
February 2: World Wetlands Day
The World Wetland Day (WWD) is observed every year on 2 February to raise awareness about the value of wetlands for humanity and the planet. Significance of Day: This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands also called as Ramsar Convention on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of ..
Month: Current Affairs - February, 2017
Topics: Days and Events • Environment • Ramsar Convention • World Wetlands Day