February 2, 2009 is World Wetlands Day!
World Wetlands Day (WWD) was celebrated for the first time in 1997, marking signing of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971. Each year, citizens,government agencies and local communities have taken advantage of the opportunity to raise public awareness of wetland benefits.
This year's theme is Upstream-Downstream, Wetlands connect us all. with a focus on river basins and their management.
For more information from Ramsar, click here :
A few of the many events on each continent are :
Australia:
wetlandlink.com.au
Europe:
Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT)- United Kingdom
Africa:
Working for Wetlands-South Africa
Americas:
Argentina
Oak Hammock Marsh- Canada
Asia
World Wetland Park-Hong Kong