World Wetlands Day Marked in Ireland With Photo Contest
2nd February 2021
Ireland s Ramsar sites, such as Clara Bog above, are important for their variety of wetlands habitats, for wintering and breeding birds and for plants, mammals and invertebrates
Credit: Peter Foss of Wetland Surveys Ireland
They might be small pockets of marshy ground, or they could be on bogs, in estuaries, or turloughs.
All these are wetland habitats, and are the focus of a new photographic contest to mark World Wetlands day today, February 2nd.
The global event marks 50 years since the signing of the Ramsar Convention, an international agreement on conservation and “wise use” of wetlands.
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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.