In Argentina, 21.5% of the territory is made up of diversity of wetlands and, despite their high environmental value, these ecosystems are threatened and at risk of disappearing, which is why the country urgently needs a law to protect them and guarantee their conservation.
Although for more than 10 years different bills have been brought to Congress, in order to preserve the wetlandsUntil now, none of the projects has been sanctioned, which means that the State has a debt in favor of safeguarding these ecosystems.
During 2022, more than 500 organizations managed, under great pressure, that the latest project, Law of wetlands, was dealt with in the plenary session of the Natural Resources, Budget and Agriculture commissions of the Chamber of Deputies. However, the project got stuck and did not advance for approval.
This way, It is expected that this year the debate will resume and, finally, after more than a decade of struggle, a law will be promulgated to protect these ecosystems..
In essence, the Law of wetlands It proposes to promote policies that allow, on the one hand, a respectful use of its resources and, on the other, create a national inventory of wetlands to know their characteristics and state to guarantee their sustainable use.
For this reason, within the framework of the celebration of the World Day of wetlandsdifferent organizations from all over the country seek to publicize the importance of protecting these ecosystems and, at the same time, to urgently sanction a regulatory framework that safeguards them.
In recent years, fires, large-scale agricultural and livestock production, mining, hydrocarbon activities, industrial and urban development, and pollution have seriously endangered these natural systems, which are vital for human survival and for productive activities themselves.
Why is World Wetlands Day celebrated?
Every February 2, World Day of the wetlandsa date that was established in 1971, when the first Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was held, whose mission is to conserve and promote the rational use of these environmental systems through local and national actions.
In this way, with the date, it seeks to generate collective awareness about the importance of these ecosystemsfor biodiversity, the environment, climate change and the planet in general.
