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World Wetlands Day 2010
Theme: Caring for wetlands - an answer to climate
change
2 February
World Wetlands Day is
celebrated on the 2nd of
February each year to marks
the date of the signing of the
Convention on Wetlands on
2 February 1971, in Ramsar.
The day is celebrated by
events that are aimed at
raising public awareness
of wetland values and
benefits.
This year’s theme ‘Caring
for wetlands – an answer
to climate change’ highlights the opportunity to manage
biodiversity wisely to help cope with climate change.
For more information on the Ramsar Convention and
events celebrated across the world visit:
http://www.ramsar.org
World Forestry Day
21 March
World Forestry Day is celebrated around the world on 21
March, the day of the autumn equinox in the Southern
Hemisphere. This day commemorates the contribution
and value of forests and forestry to the community. The
greenteacher website suggests various ways students can
contribute towards conserving tree resources:
- Use forest, its products or management as the theme
of a project at school. This will help students learn
more on forests.
- Students can grow/plant trees and shrubs at home, in
their neighborhood. One can use ice cream cups for
planting the seedlings.
- Recycle paper: Students can tear out unused pages
from old notebooks and use them. This can be made
into an excellent slam book, with papers of different
colours, shades and sizes!
- Students can reuse greeting cards by cutting out the
picture and writing their message behind it. This is a
good way to save money and to save trees! And yes ask
them to think before they throw away anything, they
may be able to use it again.
- Plants and trees attract a lot of birds, butterflies and
other insect life. Encourage students to invite birds by
building bird feeders and nesting boxes on the trees.
For more activity ideas visit:
http://www.greenteacher.org/?page_id=152
World Water Day
Theme: Clean Water for a Healthy World
22 March
International World Water Day is held annually on 22 March
as a means of focusing attention on the importance of
freshwater and advocating for the sustainable management
of freshwater resources.
An international day to celebrate freshwater was
recommended at the 1992 United Nations Conference
on Environment and Development (UNCED). The United
Nations General Assembly responded by designating
22 March 1993 as the first World Water Day.
Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect
of freshwater. World Water Day 2010 is dedicated to
the theme of water quality, reflecting its importance
alongside quantity of the resource in water management.
Its campaign is envisaged to:
- • Raise awareness about sustaining healthy ecosystems
and human well-being through
- addressing the increasing
water quality challenges in water management and
- • Raise the profile of water quality by encouraging
governments, organizations, communities, and
- individuals around the world to actively engage in
addressing water quality e.g. in pollution
- prevention,
clean up and restoration.
For more information:
http://www.unwater.org/worldwaterday/flashindex.html
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