From celebrating the largest freshwater wetland in northeast Thailand to learning about protecting habitats for migratory birds in Cambodia, hundreds of people in Indo-Burma Regional Ramsar Initiative (IBRRI) member countries celebrated the value of wetlands on key international days this year. IUCN acts as the Secretariat for IBRRI, which provided co-funding for the events, with the aim of increasing awareness and strengthening the conservation of wetlands and key wetland species in Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam.
The World Wetlands Day (WWD) is celebrated every February 2 to raise global awareness about the important role of wetlands for people and planet. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. This year, the celebration is the…