{"id":29832,"date":"2026-02-03T13:39:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T08:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29832"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T07:47:09","slug":"world-wetlands-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-wetlands-day\/","title":{"rendered":"World Wetlands Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>World Wetlands Day Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Wetlands Day 2026 theme explores the long-standing connections between the habitats and cultural practices, traditions and knowledge systems of communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About World Wetlands Day<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is celebrated every year on <\/span><b>2 February.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was<\/span><b> first celebrated in 1997<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has been a <\/span><b>United Nations International Day since 2022.<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>marks <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>anniversary of the Ramsar Convention<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>signed in Ramsar, Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, on <\/span><b>2 February 1971.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The agreement is also known as the <\/span><b>Convention on Wetlands of International Importance.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of the oldest modern international environmental agreements<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>only one focused entirely on a single ecosystem: wetlands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are <\/span><b>172 Contracting Parties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the convention and <\/span><b>over 2500 listed Ramsar wetlands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">worldwide.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each year, the <\/span><b>Convention Secretariat leads the World Wetlands Day campaign, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with participation from governments, conservation organisations, businesses, NGOs, media, youth groups, and communities worldwide.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>World Wetlands Day 2026 Them<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e: The global theme for 2026, <\/span><b>\u2018Wetlands and Traditional Knowledge: Celebrating Cultural Heritage\u2019,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> highlights the role of indigenous and local communities in conserving and managing wetlands.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>New Ramsar Sites in India<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Patna Bird Sanctuary in Etah, Uttar Pradesh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Chhari-Dhand in Kutch, Gujarat,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have been officially designated as Wetlands of International Importance under the Ramsar Convention, bringing the <\/span><b>total number of Ramsar sites in India to 98. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/lifestyle\/world-wetlands-day-2026-history-key-facts-theme-conservation-aa-ws-e-9864594.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">N18<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"ytb-video-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"ytb-video-inner\">\n            <iframe \n                src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SSE0fdf60s4\" \n                width=\"560\" \n                height=\"315\" \n                frameborder=\"0\" \n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" \n                allowfullscreen>\n            <\/iframe>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2 February. 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