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World Wetlands Day 2018: Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future. Wetland clean-up 3 February 2018
#TurksandCaicos, January 25, 2018 – Providenciales – On the 2nd of February each year World Wetlands Day is celebrated. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar. The Department of Environment and Coastal Resources (DECR), together with the Turks & Caicos National Trust (TCNT), will be hosting Wetland Clean-ups to commemorate this day, as well as to take the opportunity to teach the community at large, about the importance of conserving wetlands in the Turks & Caicos Islands.
Join the DECR on Saturday, 3 February, from 07:30 – 09:00am at Wheeland Pond, Blue Hills, Providenciales or at North Creek (meeting point: west side of the mouth) in Grand Turk in an attempt to conserve our wetlands for a sustainable urban future!
Wetlands are often an undervalued natural resource and are important to the TCI for the following reasons:
- Wetlands ensure fresh water and replenish ground water;
- Wetlands purify and filter harmful toxins;
- Wetlands are a breeding ground for many commercially important fish species;
- Wetlands provide vital habitats for migratory birds;
- Wetlands ease flooding and safeguard against drought;
- Wetlands reduce the impacts of erosion; and
- Wetlands provide sustainable livelihoods.
Please take this opportunity to get involved in your local community and to ensure wetlands for a sustainable urban future!
For more details, please contact Amy Avenant (DECR Environmental Outreach Coordinator) at 338-4176 or avenant.amy@gmail.com
Release: TCIG
