{Rwanda on 2nd February 2014 will join the rest of the world to celebrate World Wetland Day (WWD) whose theme is “Wetlands and Agriculture: Partners for Growth”.}
The theme was chosen to raise awareness on highlighting the interdependence of wetlands and agriculture.
The Year 2014 is the United Nations International Year of Family Farming – so the Ramsar Convention chose Wetlands & Agriculture as the World Wetlands Day theme for 2014.
WWD marks the date of the adoption of Ramsar Convention also called “Convention on Wetlands of International Importance “adopted in Ramsar (Iran), on February 2, 1971.
WWD was celebrated for the first time in 1997 and has grown to become one of the main vehicles through which Ramsar Convention stimulates worldwide awareness of wetland values, benefits and wise use in general, and the Ramsar Convention in particular. Rwanda signed this convention on 29 December 2003.
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