World Wetlands Day 2008 - Hong Kong Celebration Programmes
To commemorate the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on 2 February 1971 in the small town of Ramsar in Iran, 2 February every year is marked as the "World Wetlands Day". Different types of educational activities are organised worldwide to highlight the importance of wetlands and to increase the public's awareness of wetland conservation.
The theme of the World Wetlands Day 2008 is "Healthy Wetlands, Healthy
People". To celebrate this important event, Hong Kong Wetland Park
of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department has organised
a series of activities from October 2007 till February 2008. The aim of
the activities is to arouse public awareness on conserving different types
of wetlands. HKWP would like to take this opportunity to advocate a positive
attitude towards the conservation on wetland resources through the Community,
Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Programme.
For further information on "Healthy Wetlands, Healthy People",
please click
here.
For more information on Mai Po and Inner Deep Bay Ramsar Site and past World Wetlands Day celebration programmes in Hong Kong, please visit the following websites:
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