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World Wetlands Day occurs annually on February 2, marking the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February 2, 1971 when a small group of environmentalists signed an international agreement at the Ramsar Convention in Iran. [better source needed]

Established to raise awareness about the value of wetlands for humanity and the planet, WWD was celebrated for the first time in 1997 and has grown since then. Each year, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits such as conservation. Some of these benefits include: biologically diverse ecosystems that provide habitat for many species, serve as buffers on the coast against storms and flooding, and naturally filter water by breaking down or transforming harmful pollutants.

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Wetlands are a true source of water for any ecosystem. They carry processes of nature into success and allow for all sorts of organisms to thrive fully within them. For this reason, on the second of February of every year since 1971 we celebrate the reunion and acclamation to agree on protecting wetlands by international environmentalists (https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/, n.d.).

Though this proclamation labeled as World Wetlands Day came t fruition in the year of 1971, it wasn't truly celebrated util the year of 1997. With set celebration, on a yearly basis certain community protectors and environmental enthusiast collaborate to raise knowledge on the positivity created through wetlands. These projects consider evolving wetland ecosystems and creating forms of protection for organism which thrive thanks to wetlands (https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/, n.d.).