Wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests, and more than 35% of wetlands have been degraded or lost since 1970. Reversing this trend is critical. ”It’s time to wetland restoration”, the theme for WWD 2023, highlights the urgent need to prioritize wetland restoration, and calls on an entire generation to take steps to revive and restore degraded wetlands. Follow the conversations with the hashtags #WorldWetlandsDay, #wetlandrestoration, #2February ,#ReviveAndRestore, #wetlands.
The 7 best practices in wetland restoratio.
The 7 key benefits from restored wetlands.
- Consider the multitude of services the natural wetland provided, and aim to recapture a wide range of those benefits, not just one or two.
- Aim to recreate a wetland ecosystem that can maintain itself
- Integrate local communities and industries during planning and implementation.
- Identify the causes of degradation and limit or eliminate them.
- Clean up the degraded area.
- Restore native vegetation and wildlife, and remove invasive species.
- Restrict site access, creating specific places for people and animals.
The 7 key benefits from restored wetlands.
- Increased biodiversity.
- Replenished and filtered water supply.
- Enhanced protection against floods and storms.
- More local and sustainable livelihoods, less poverty.
- Increased tourism, higher quality leisure time.
- Increased carbon storage and avoided emissions.
- Inner satisfaction of achieving a transformation.
Live Global webinar: It's time for wetlands restoration.
Hosted by the UNCCD and the G20 Global Land Initiative.
A panel discussion moderated by Convention on Wetlands Secretary General including multiple experts. If we are to inspire action, we also must ignite greater empathy for these rapidly disappearing ecosystems..
