“A world without wetlands is a world without water”
The Indian School - Second Shift observed World Wetlands Day on 2 February 2024 with the objective of making students aware of the importance of wetlands and motivating them to work towards saving these important resources.
Wetlands are an integral part of our planet. They are the homes to so many creatures that they play a pivotal role in our ecosystem. World Wetlands Day 2024 focuses on the theme of ‘Wetlands and Human Wellbeing’. The theme recognises wetlands as critical to people and nature, underscoring the intrinsic value of wetland ecosystems and their benefits and services, including contributions to sustainable development and human wellbeing.
The students of class 5 participated in an interactive session on the awareness of the term ‘Wetland’ and its importance. A class discussion was conducted in order to inculcate the knowledge of the number of decreasing wetlands. The children also came to know about cumulative steps that can be taken to increase this number. Informative and catchy slogans on how to preserve the wetland ecosystems in the world were composed by the students of class 6. Human activities that lead to the loss of wetlands and ways to combat them were portrayed.
Class 7 students selected a wetland ecosystem in India and did research on it. The vicious cycle of wetland loss, threatened livelihoods and deepening poverty is the result of mistakenly seeing wetlands as wastelands rather than lifegiving sources of employment, incomes and numerous essential ecosystem services.
Class 8 students wrote an essay on the importance of wetland and its correlation with human life. It was observed that the key challenge is to change mindsets in order to encourage children to value our wetlands.
This year's theme spotlights the connection between human life and wetlands. It calls on each of us to value and protect our wetlands. Every wetland matters. Every effort counts. It was successfully conveyed to the young minds that We need to prioritise wetland restoration and make the world a better place.
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