World Wetlands day

World Wetlands day
विश्व आर्द्रभूमि दिवस (2 February)

Theme 2022: Wetlands Action for People and Nature.

Theme 2021: Wetlands And Water.

• An environmentally-related celebration that dates back to the year 1971.
• Since 1997, World Wetlands Day has been used to:
• To raise public awareness of wetland values and benefits promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
• The Day also 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.
• Asan Conservation Reserve becomes Uttarakhand's first wetland to make it to Ramsar Convention.
  
  The largest wetland in world Pantanal ( SOUTH AMERICA).
  The largest wetland in India is Sunderban wetland (WEST BENGAL).
  Kartal Wetland of Bihar Designated as Ramsar Site.
  Total Ramsar Sites in INDIA - 47
  47th Ramsar Site - Haiderpur Wetland, Uttar Pradesh.