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"World Wetlands Day"
(Year 11 after 2000)

The February 2 of each year is World Wetlands Day and it marks the date of adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971. Since 1997, every year, government agencies, NGOs and citizens' groups from all levels of the community have taken the opportunity for events and activities aimed at increasing general public awareness about wetland values and the benefits in general and the Convention Ramsar in particular.

wetlands and forests is the theme of "World Wetlands Day of the Year 11, which was chosen because just the year 11 is the International Year of Forests
proclaimed by the United Nations.

Our motto is simple - Forests for water and wetlands - and allows us to think about the 'great place' occupied by forests in our lives, for example:

• Forested wetlands and the unique benefits they bring . Mangrove forests, bogs, forests freshwater marshes, biologically diverse, they help us manage freshwater and provide us with many 'services' across the globe, among other ways to play vital roles in carbon storage. They are our allies against climate change. Despite their usefulness, are often under threat by development and urbanization, drainage and conversion of land use.

• The role of forests, wet or not - in our lives, and why it matters to deal with them . Vital every human life, the availability of freshwater worldwide depend on our forests. Like a large extent, the quality of freshwater.

• The role of forests in how our wetlands . There is no mystery: the health of our wetlands, woodlands or not, is linked to forest health of our catchments. The loss and degradation of forests are lost causes and degrade wetlands.

We can not do without the forests, whether forest land or forested wetlands, for the essential roles they play in our lives - water, food, media of life, leisure activities ... and much more.

What we have produced for World Wetlands Day of year 11?

As in previous years, the Ramsar Secretariat is distributing materials (in English, French and English) that we do get some time, which we hope will be useful in the activities in the DMH2011. The basic transmission contains:

• Posters and stickers on the topic in print and in printable format on the CD

• A color brochure prepared in collaboration with the UN Forum On Forests, for organizers of events to encourage and assist the organization of WWD events that are related to forests, wetlands and forested wetlands on a national or local context.

• A practical activity for children of all ages: a dragonfly mask to oneself (including an instruction sheet.) Need glue, string, enthusiasm and a deft fingers.

  

The first shipment of these materials on a CD and a printed copy of the poster and booklet and stickers is taking place in early October 2010, and expect them to Valley Easter to mid-January 2011.

encourage everyone to consider the ability to customize and print our materials from the original design files, we'll be happy to supply on DVD. This has many advantages, namely: allow images and text relevant to your own particular situation, to translate the text to your local or national language, print many more copies than we could hope to provide

IMPORTANT NOTICE ABOUT THE ADAPTATION OF MATERIALS DMH

The Ramsar Secretariat encourages the translation of materials to national and local languages, as well as amending the text of the materials to have a local / national.

Please note the following:

i) may not be used pictures of our materials for any purpose other than the original without the permission of the photographer credited.

ii) Our materials may be used only for noncommercial purposes.

40 years caring for wetlands

As you know, the year 11 is a special year for Ramsar we celebrate our 40 th anniversary , so that whether take advantage of the February 2, 2011 or any other time of year to celebrate 40 years of Ramsar, we expect the Ramsar member countries to designate additional forested wetlands as Ramsar sites: a gift to Ramsar and themselves the year of the 40 th anniversary of the Convention.

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Number " Contracting Parties: 160
Sites designated for" List of Wetlands of International Importance : 1910 total area of \u200b\u200bdesignated sites (Hectares): 186 884 992

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