World Wetlands Day is commemorated on 2nd February each year to raise global awareness about the vital role of wetlands for people and our planet. This day also marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea.
Wetlands are land areas that are saturated or flooded with water either permanently or seasonally. Inland wetlands include marshes, ponds, lakes, fens, rivers, floodplains, and swamps. Coastal wetlands include saltwater marshes, estuaries, mangroves, lagoons and even coral reefs.
Activities during the World Wetlands Day include:
- Conference
- Wetland clean-up day
- Photo or essay competition
- Public awareness
- Art competition for students
WMBD is an annual event for raising awareness on bird migration and the importance of protecting the flyways and habitats used by birds during migration.
The event holds across the country, and particularly in sites designated Important Bird Area where wintering birds and European migrants rely for survival.
Activities during the World Migratory Bird Day involve community engagement (where residents are enlightened on yearly birds migration and what they can do to preserve flyways), birding expedition, clean up exercise, environmental education and commemorative tree planting exercise.
- Waste management;
- Beach/Market clean- up;
- School/community gardening and a-forestation programme
- Climate Change Campaigns.
- Flora and fauna drama by students.
- Inter school competition
- Community awareness and sensitisation
- Poetry, etc.
We will be engaging more communities along the Nigerian coastline as a way of protecting other species such as the African Manatee Trichechus senegalensis, as well as whales that sometime beach (Cetacean stranding).
UPCOMING EVENTS
4 | World Pangolin Day | Feb 17 |
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5 | World Whale Day | Feb 18 |
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7 | World Wildlife Day | March 3 |
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8 | International Day of Action for Rivers | March 14 |
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9 | Global Recycling Day | March 18 |
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10 | International Day of Forest | March 21 |
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11 | World Water Day | March 27 |
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12 | Manatee Appreciation Day | March 22 |
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13 | World Aquatic Animal Day | April 3 |
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14 | Bat Appreciation Day | April 17 |
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15 | Earth Day | April 22 |
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16 | World Migratory Bird Day | May 11 & Oct 12 |
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17 | Endangered Species Day | 17 May |
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18 | Chief SL Edu Memorial Lecture | May 9 |
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19 | World Bee Day | May 20 |
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20 | World Biodiversity Day | May 22 |
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21 | World Turtle Day | May 23 |
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22 | World Parrot Day | May 31 |
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23 | World Environment Day | June 5 |
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24 | World Ocean Day | June 8 |
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25 | World Sea Turtle Day | June 16 |
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26 | World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought | June 17 |
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27 | Conference for Corporate organization on sustainability | June 22 or 29 |
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28 | World Chimpanzee Day | July 14 |
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29 | World Snake Day | July 16 |
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30 | World Nature Conservation Day | July 28 |
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31 | International Clouded Leopard Day | Aug.4 |
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32 | World Elephant Day | Aug. 12 |
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