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World Wetlands Day - February 2, 2022

 

 
Wetlands day 2020 flyerWORLD WETLANDS DAY 2022 COMPETITION CONDUCTED BY WWF ENVIS RP IN COLLABORATION WITH SIKKIM ENVIS UNDER EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT SCHEME

 

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2nd February, 2022 to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international treaty in 1971. The theme for this year is “Wetlands Action for People and Nature”. To celebrate this day, WWF ENVIS RP along with Sikkim ENVIS is jointly conducting a video-story competition titled “#actforwetlands”. The rules for participating in the competition are as follows:

 

1. You can upload only one video. (Participant name and Video file name should be same)
2. The registered participants who have submitted the correct video and details will be awarded e- certificates.
3. Send in your details latest by 2nd February till 1pm.
4. Maximum limit for uploading any video is 35mb.
5. Video must be more than 1 minute and less than 3 minutes.
5. We will upload best videos on our social media platforms and will publish details of the same in our Newsletter. 
6. The competition is open for all.

Please note that you can mention any information about the wetland for example, it’s current status and why you think its conservation is important or if you already know a success story about a wetland that is successfully conserved, you are free to share that as well. E- Certificates will be provided to the eligible participants.

 

We request you all to participate and motivate others and we hope that this will be a great learning experience for all of us. Google form link to participate in the competition is: https://forms.gle/ZtEbmtqHWuaUXkKV7

 

#WWD2022

#actforwetlands

 

 

World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international treaty in 1971.

 

Wetlands Action for People and Nature is the theme in 2022 highlighting the importance of actions to ensure the conservation and sustainable use of wetlands for humans and planetary health.


World Wetlands Day is open to everyone — from international organizations, governments, wetland practitioners, to children, youth, media, community groups, decision-makers, to all individuals — as these ecosystems are important for us all.


Nearly 90% of the world’s wetlands have been degraded since the 1700s, and we are losing wetlands three times faster than forests. Yet, wetlands are critically important ecosystems that contribute to biodiversity, climate mitigation and adaptation, freshwater availability, world economies and more.

 

It is urgent that we raise national and global awareness about wetlands in order to reverse their rapid loss and encourage actions to conserve and restore them. World Wetlands Day is the ideal time to increase people’s understanding of these critically important ecosystems.

 

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