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World Wetlands Day

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on 2 February each year. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Since 1997, wetland management and conservation groups use the opportunity to undertake events and actions aimed at raising public awareness about the convention and wetland values and benefits.

The Australian Government produces an online Calendar of Events for World Wetlands Day each year. If you have a World Wetlands Day activity that you would like advertised, please contact wetlandsmail♲environment.gov.au.

Little Pied Comorant Photo by SEQ Catchments

Wetland managers, information materials to support outreach activities for World Wetlands Day (2 Feb) 2020 are now available to download from the Ramsar Convention website at www.worldwetlandsday.org. Wetlands and Biodiversity is the theme for 2020. Information materials to download includes:

  • A poster
  • Nine (9) digital cards
  • An infographic
  • A PowerPoint presentation

The Australian Government invites you to share these materials, and encourages the organisation of events and awareness raising of the value of wetlands for biodiversity. Event organizers are invited to upload their events on the global map available at: https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/events. If you would like your event listed here let us know about it using the feedback line below.

The Australian Government is also preparing an edition of the online Wetlands Australia magazine, which will be available in late January at:  http://www.environment.gov.au/water/wetlands/publications/wetlands-australia  You can also subscribe on that page, and a notification will be sent to you when the magazine is available.

Brisbane City Council

FLOW Visitors Centre

The FLOW Visitors Centre in Rockhampton is open Tuesday to Thursday from 10am–3pm.

Maroochy Wetland Sanctuary

The Maroochy Wetlands Sanctuary was established in 1989 through a partnership between the Maroochy Shire Council, Education Queensland and the Sunshine Coast community. This partnership was designed to conserve this special place that sees the land and the river meeting the sea to form complex and delicate ecosystems. The centre hosts a number of activities.

TYTO Wetland Centre

TYTO plays host to a variety of events, workshops and activities throughout the year, many free to enjoy go to events tab to find the latest information or like TYTO on Facebook to ensure you don't miss out on the latest announcements.

Oxley Creek catchment Association

The Oxley Creek Catchment association holds a number of talks and events throughout the year including the Peaks to Points festival.

Healthy Land and Water

Queensland Canoeing

Multiple events and places

The Queensland Canoeing calendar shows a number of different events held by a variety of different clubs. Check them out.

Australian Government

Are you hosting an event?

If you have wetlands event planned let us know using on the feedback email below.

Last updated: 16 January 2020

This page should be cited as:

Events, WetlandInfo 2012, Department of Environment and Science, Queensland, viewed 20 January 2020, <https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/resources/events/>.

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