World Wetlands Day 06
World Wetlands Day provides an opportunity to draw
attention to the need for wise management of the world's wetlands through a variety of events such as workshops
and seminars, nature walks and guided tours, children's
art contests and photographic competitions, community
clean-ups, planting activities or other local initiatives.  |
Ramsar Convention
The Convention on Wetlands is an intergovernmental
treaty adopted on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. Thus, though nowadays the name of the Convention is usually written "Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971)",  |