World Wetlands Day 2005 -- Poland

29/03/2005

From: edukacja@pnujsciewarty.gov.pl

Warta Mouth National Park

This year World Wetland's Day celebrations in Warta Mouth National Park consisted of:

- On 06.02 - Slides shows and lectures "Don't loose wealth form Warta Mouth" in National Park headquarters in Chyrzyno and two trips on educational paths: "Wetlands" and "Birds' trail".

- From 06.02 to 16.03 - Exhibition of paintings and photographs from IX International Open Air ART Slonsk.

- From 14.02 to 09.03 - Workshops for schoolchildren "Why do we need wetlands?" in which had participated 16 schools from National Park neighborhood. Through many educational plays workshops had shown the great role of wetlands in the world's ecosystems, threats and the need of protection.

We attach some pictures.

"There's wealth in wetland diversity
- don't lose it!"

The Convention today

Number of » Contracting Parties: 167 Sites designated for the
» List of Wetlands of
International Importance: 2,122 Total surface area of designated sites (hectares): 205,366,160

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