On World Wet Lands, the League of Arab States stresses the importance of working to restore precious environmental systems
The world celebrates today- February 2 of each year- the World Day of Wetlands, which was identified based on the decision of the United Nations General Assembly 317/75, considering the day of February 2 a global day for wetlands, which corresponds to accreditation The International Agreement for Wet Land Conservation on February 2, 1971."RTL"> & nbsp;
The celebration aims to raise awareness of the importance of wetlands in order to flourish human life and maintain the safety of the planet. /span>
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This year’s celebration comes under the slogan & quot; Wet land protection for our common future & quot; This slogan highlights the vitality of wet lands for humans and other environmental systems and the climate, as it provides basic environmental systems services such as water regulation, including in That flood control and water purification."RTL"> & nbsp;
and more than a billion people are dependent on all parts of the world & quot; i.e. about one in eight people & quot; on wetlands for life to stay on the planet and to address the effects of climate change and achieve sustainable development.
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World Wet Land Day
Ambassador Dr. Ali bin Ibrahim Al -Maliki, Assistant Secretary -General, Head of Economic Affairs, stated that the issue of wet lands is one of the important issues followed by the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, through the Department of Environmental Affairs and Meteorology, Technical Secretariat of the Arab Cabinet Those responsible for environmental affairs, and through the Arab team concerned with following up the international environmental agreements concerned with biological diversity and combating desertification, which meets periodically every year in order to coordinate Arab positions in this field, and coordinate the work of Arab teams participating in the Conference of the Parties to Wetlands, and this year is of special importance The 15th Parties Conference will be held during the period 23 & ndash; July 31, 2025 Bambabwe, which is held every 3 years to agree on the three -year plan to preserve and defend environmental systems.
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on this occasion, the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States emphasizes the importance of the concerted efforts of Arab countries to confront the loss of wetlands and the deterioration of the lands, as the disappearance of wetlands in the world at a rate that foreshadows danger, by transforming the use of lands, and pollution from wastewater , Where changing hydrological systems and climate change have led to the loss of 35 % of wetlands in the world over the past fifty years, with their acceleration in recent years, which indicates the importance of working to stop more deterioration and restore these precious environmental systems. >
