2nd of February, World Wetlands Day.

2 February each year is World Wetlands Day.  It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Each year since 1997, government agencies, non-governmental organisations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits and the Ramsar Convention.

2nd of February, World Wetlands Day. For more information about World Wetlands Day visit www.ramsar.org

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