What is World Wetlands Day?

Each year on February 2nd, World Wetlands Day commemorates the founding of the Convention on Wetlands and raises concerns about the world's vanishing wetlands.

Wetlands are a distinct ecosystem that is flooded by water, either permanently or seasonally. wetlands include swamps, lagoons, coral reefs, and saltmarshes. Aquatic plants make wetlands different from other landforms or water bodies, according to the vegetation. Both aquatic and land animals are also available on Wetlands. On every continent, with the exception of Antarctica, wetlands exist.

Wetlands, for example, play a vital role in the world's ecosystem.