World Wetland Day

World Wetland Day celebrated every year on 2, February.

Purpose: 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
• 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.

Theme: Wetlands for our Future – Sustainable Livelihoods”.