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World Wetlands Day Celebrated on 02 February 2021
- World Wetlands Day is observed every year on 2nd February .
- Purpose : To raise global awareness about the vital role played by wetlands for people and our planet.
- Wetlands are protected places under UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
- There are over 2,400 protected wetlands across the world.
- The theme for World Wetlands Day 2021 is ‘Wetlands and Water.
- The day is celebrated to mark the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
- In 2021 marks 50 years of the Convention on Wetlands.
- World Wetlands Day was first celebrated in 1997.
