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The Ministry of Environment, Rwanda Environment Management Authority and Rwanda Water Resources Board are encouraging all Rwandans, especially the private sector, to protect and conserve the country’s wetlands to ensure they fulfill their role in flood mitigation, water storage, carbon sequestration, and can provide a habitat for rich biodiversity and space for people to connect with nature. The call comes as Rwanda joins the rest of the world to celebrate World Wetlands Day.
The theme for this year’s World Wetlands Day is Wetlands and Water, drawing attention to the vital role and value of wetlands in sustaining water resources. Not only do wetlands store water, they also filter pollutants leaving fresh water that is safe to drink. Wetlands are valuable ecosystems on which more than one billion people rely for income generating activities and where 40% of the world’s species live and breed.