People have coexisted with wetlands since prehistory, making use of their beneficial services while averting unintended consequences.
Integrating traditional knowledge into conservation strategies enhances wetland protection.
#CelebratingWetlands #WetlandsandCulture
Wetlands not only hold most of our available fresh water, they improve its quality by naturally filtering pollutants and provide a home for 40% of the species on our planet.
For all life to thrive, urgent action is needed to protect wetlands.
#WaterIsLife #WeNeedWetlands #CelebratingWetlands
Wetlands provide numerous beneficial services for people and wildlife. Some of these services include:
🐟 Providing habitat for wildlife
💧 Protecting and improving water quality
🌊 Storing floodwaters and reducing flood risks
🌱 Maintaining surface water flow during dry periods
#CelebratingWetlands
View of a wetland in boreal forest at twilight. Saskatchewan
Today we celebrate the #WorldWetlandsDay, to raise awareness why is it so important to protect and restore #wetlands
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#CelebratingWetlands #Conservation #nature #environment #keepskwild
Happy #WorldWetlandsDay! Traditional knowledge has long guided the sustainable use of wetlands. As the Convention on Wetlands marks 55 years, #WorldWetlandsDay2026 calls on us to protect wetlands and honour cultural heritage.
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#WWD2026 #CelebratingWetlands
It's World Wetlands Day
Let's take a moment and appreciate their importance.
Wetlands are sacred, life -sustaining, a timeless legacy and ours to protect.
#WorldWetlandsDay #WWD2026 #Wetlands #CelebratingWetlands
One with wetlands
The silt-rich soil and abundant plant vegetation of #wetlands act like water filters, absorbing harmful toxins, agricultural pesticides, and industrial waste.
Source: @ramsar.org
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#WWD2026 #CelebratingWetlands #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage
In the North Pennines, we have vast expanses of land where you can find blanket bog peatlands. They consist of low-lying vegetation such as mosses and sedges and pools of standing water. #northpenninespeatlands #celebratingwetlands #peatlands #wetlands #peatlandsmatter
Not only do our peatlands support biodiversity, filter our drinking water and minimise the risk of floods downstream but also represent a key part of this place’s identity. #northpenninespeatlands #celebratingwetlands #peatlands #wetlands #peatlandsmatter
Pool of standing water on North Pennines peatland with patches of green sphagnum
North Pennines peatland with large pool of water and peat bunds in gully. Bright blue sky with minimal cloud.
North Pennines peatland with large pools of standing water. Fells in the background. Cloudy sky.
🔵Today is #WorldWetlandsDay
Peatlands are wetland ecosystems and we have them across the uplands of the North Pennines National Landscape. #northpenninespeatlands #celebratingwetlands #peatlands #wetlands #peatlandsmatter
#Wetland dependent species such as #fish, #waterbirds & #turtles are in serious decline, with 25% threatened with extinction.
Since 1970, 81% of inland wetland species populations and 36% of coastal & marine species have declined.
Source: @ramsar.org
#WWD2026 #CelebratingWetlands
It’s #WorldWetlandsDay — and we’re proud to be #CelebratingWetlands not just today, but every day. Take a moment to check out www.worldwetlandsday.org/materials and their educational materials on climate, culture, livelihoods and more.
#WetlandsAndCulturalHeritage #WWD2026 #ireland
A great way to support wetlands this World Wetlands Day is to support a wetlands conservation project. Flamingo.eco helps you find and fund a local project. Learn more about their work: go.eco/champions/fl... #WWD2026 #CelebratingWetlands
Join us this #WWD2026 in #CelebratingWetlands.
Despite being among the most valuable ecosystems on Earth, wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests.
See what we’re doing about it: go.undp.org/5cr
@undp.org @pnud.bsky.social #WorldWetlandsDay #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage
World Wetlands Day 2026 poster On a green background the message is framed by a circle of hands reaching towards the centre. On each hand is a stylized map of a stream flowing towards a wetland on the palm.The message in the centre in bold dark green letters: Wetlands: Sacred. Life-sustaining. A timeless legacy. Ours to protect. Below the image, lower left in bold dark green: One with wetlands. Lower right in dark green: World Wetlands Day 2 February 2026 Wetlands and traditional knowledge Celebrating cultural heritage Bottom left are logos for Ramsan and Danone WorldWaterDay.org #CelebratingWetlands #WetlandsAndCulturalHeritage
World Wetlands Day 2026
#CelebratingWetlands
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We're #CelebratingWetlands! They store carbon, buffer floods, protect coasts, prevent large-scale fires, and support the jobs of millions of people. GCF now has a portfolio of 35 wetlands-related projects around the world, amounting to $1.35 billion. #ClimateAction #WWD2026
#Wetlands support #biodiversity, store carbon, regulate water, sustain livelihoods, cultural heritage and connect land and sea — yet they remain among the most threatened ecosystems worldwide.
#WorldWetlandsDay #DiverSea #HorizonEurope #WWD2026 #CelebratingWetlands #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage
Let's celebrate today by highlighting a major co-benefit of healthy #biodiversity & ecosystems: protecting wetlands limits #mercury from entering aquatic food chains & helps #MakeMercuryHistory.
Mercury & biodiversity: bit.ly/FactsheetBiodiversity2025
#CelebratingWetlands
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We are celebrating World Wetlands Day 2026!
Wetlands are vital ecosystems, providing numerous benefits:
💧Water quality
🏠Flood reduction
🐟Biodiversity
💦🌱Essential habitats for plants and animal species
🥾🥾 Blue spaces to connect with nature
#CelebratingWetlands #WorldWetlandsDay
It's World Wetlands Day! Wetlands and human life are interconnected, with people drawing sustenance, inspiration, and resilience from these life-sustaining and sacred ecosystems.
www.worldwetlandsday.org
🏷️ #WWD2026, #CelebratingWetlands, #WetlandsAndCulturalHeritage
It’s #WorldWetlandsDay, and we asked what wetlands mean to you.
Your replies were clear and consistent: escape, peace, and room to breathe💚
#Wetlands #CelebratingWetlands #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage
The latest BUZZ is #CelebratingWetlands 🐸💚🦆
This #WorldWetlandsDay, we celebrate the vital connection between thriving cities and healthy wetlands.
🔗Check out our latest #CitiesWithNature & #RegionsWithNature BUZZ to learn more: mailchi.mp/citieswithna...
To download the compendium, click here: doi.org/10.53055/ICI...
#WorldWetlandsDay2026 #CelebratingWetlands #SG2 #Rangelandsandwetlands #Biodiversity #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage
Sei que estamos na candelória, mas hoje também é o Dia Mundial das Zonas Húmidas.
#CelebratingWetlands
Parabéns a todas as zonas húmidas! (como estes manguezais dos pântanos de Likas, agora conhecidos como Kota Kinabalu Wetland Ramsar Site).
Water is life: celebrating the importance of our wetlands
An Taisce has fantastic free pond-creation resources available to download — including manuals, posters and more ...
Available here:
www.antaisce.org/ponds-for-bi...
#WWD2026 #CelebratingWetlands #WetlandsandCulturalHeritage
@ramsar.org
Wetlands are not only ecosystems.
They are living cultural spaces. Protecting them means safeguarding both nature and heritage.
Read the op-ed by Sunita Chaudhary, Biodiversity Lead, ICIMOD: nepalitimes.com/opinion/wher...
#CelebratingWetlands #SG2 #WorldWetlandsDay2026 #WetlandsMatter
In the Himalaya, some wetlands were protected long before they were ever mapped or measured.
Read the op-ed by Sunita Chaudhary, Biodiversity Lead, ICIMOD: nepalitimes.com/opinion/wher...
#WorldWetlandsDay #CelebratingWetlands #SG2 #WorldWetlandsDay2026 #Biodiversity #WetlandsMatter
Illustration of Whiskered Tern fitted with bio-logger over wetland habitat with nest and eggs below. Crop of graphical abstract from BCI paper First-ever data on space use by breeding Whiskered Terns Chlidonias hybrida using bio-logging. © Jean-Marc Paillisson, Alexandre Corbeau, Rémi Chambon, Françoise Amélineau, Christophe De Franceschi, Océane Bégassat and Laura Beau.
💧Celebrating World Wetlands Day with BCI!
🔀 First-ever tracking of breeding Whiskered Terns reveals how they use wetland in La Brenne, France: doi.org/10.1017/S095...
#BirdConservation #Ornithology #Research #WhiskeredTern #France #WorldWetlandsDay #CelebratingWetlands #WorldWetlandsDay2026
Gesunde Moore sind wertvolle Lebensräume & natürliche CO₂-Speicher zugleich. Am @gfz.bsky.social erforschen Expert:innen wie einst trockengelegte Moore renaturiert werden können.
Werfen Sie zum Welttag der Feuchtgebiete einen Blick in unser Factsheet zu Mooren! #CelebratingWetlands
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💧Healthy wetlands depend on healthy soils.
On #WorldWetlandsDay, we underscore the importance of protecting wetland soils as a foundation for climate action, food systems, and biodiversity.
#CelebratingWetlands #WetlendsandCulturalHeritage
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