The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands celebrated the 11th World Wetlands Day (WWD) around the world on 2 February 2008. Taking into account the close relationship between the Ramsar Convention and the Agreement on the conservation of African-Eurasian migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) the AEWA Secretariat supported the event by encouraging participation in this celebration around the World.

The global campaign aims to raise awareness on the importance of wetlands as vital ecosystems and the benefits they provide, such as fresh water supply, maintenance of biodiversity, flood control and others. Government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community were encouraged to participate in this year’s World Wetlands Day.

The Ramsar Convention, with the support of the Danone Group, has produced materials helping to plan awareness activities such as posters, stickers and information sheets (etc.).

The materials and additional information can be found under: http://www.ramsar.org/wwd/8/wwd2008_index.htm