World Wetlands Day (WWD) is celebrated on 2 February annually.
It marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. WWD was celebrated for the first time in 1997 and made an encouraging beginning. Each year, government agencies, NGOs, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits in general and the Ramsar Convention in particular. (http://www.ramsar.org/wwd/8/wwd2008_index.htm)
In Kota Kinabalu, the KK Wetland Centre is organising a Mangrove Hunt Challenge on 16 February, Saturday, in conjunction with WWD this year. The participants of the activity are students around KK. It's gonna be really exciting! (p.s. I'll be one of the judges. *wink*)
This year's theme is Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People.
Happy WWD Everyone!
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