Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today pledged to “protect our wetlands and preserve our precious Odisha’s Ramsar sites like Chilika & Bhitarkanika.”
On the occasion of World Wetlands Day today, the Odisha CM took to Twitter and wrote: “Wetlands act as carbon sink, pollution filters, sources of fresh water and play vital role in our ecosystem.”
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Wetlands act as carbon sink, pollution filters, sources of fresh water and play vital role in our ecosystem. On #WorldWetlandsDay2021, let’s pledge to protect our wetlands and preserve our precious @RamsarConv sites, Chilika & Bhitarkanika. pic.twitter.com/pvK5GodhN6
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) February 2, 2021
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World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance (Ramsar Convention) in Ramsar, Iran, on 2 February 1971.
World Wetlands Day was first celebrated in 1997. Since then government agencies, non-government organisations and community groups have celebrated World Wetlands Day by undertaking actions to raise public awareness of wetland values and benefits and promote the conservation and wise use of wetlands.
