🌴 World Wetlands Day, February 2:
• The theme of World Wetlands Day 2024 is 'Wetlands and human wellbeing'.
• This day marks the anniversary of the adoption of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran, an international treaty aimed at conserving and sustainably using wetlands around the world.
• India is also the part of Ramsar Convention and is one of the most active players in the group.
• Currently, India has 80 Ramsar sites.
• Tamil Nadu continues to have maximum number of Ramsar Sites (16 sites) followed by Uttar Pradesh (10 sites).
• Wetlands are a wide variety of habitats such as marshes, swamps, peatlands, mangroves, and estuaries. They play a crucial role in supporting biodiversity, regulating water flow, providing clean water, and mitigating the impacts of climate change.