An international scientist and environmental advocate group is calling for measures that will protect wetlands from encroachment and the other ills of urbanization. “We encourage cities to adopt policies and actions, which will help conserve urban wetlands,” Martha Rojas Urrego, secretary- general of an international advocacy group for wetlands, Ramsar Convention, said in her message for the global annual World Wetlands Day celebration this year. World Wetlands Day is observed on February 2 every year. The organization gave this year’s celebration the theme “Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future.”

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