2021 Marks 50 Years Of International Wetlands Agreement

This year marks the 50th anniversary of an international agreement on protecting wetlands around the world, called the RAMSAR convention.

 

Cary Hamel is the Nature Conservancy of Canada’s director of conservation in Manitoba.

 

"There's been a ton of progress," he commented. "The Nature Conservancy of Canada has worked with land owners all over the Prairies that are committed to conserving habitats on their lands. Work with us to restore wetlands. There's still lots of work to do. More than 50 per cent of the Prairie pothole region in the Southern Prairies has been lost over the last half century. We're still working hard on it."

 

He notes wetlands filter our water and help protect our communities from floods by acting like a large roll of paper towel and sponge, soaking up and storing water.

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