(Feature Image: Vegetation layer covering entire surface of Giri taal of Kashipur in US Nagar, Uttarakhand in Oct. 2025)

While the World Wetlands Day (WWD) 2026 on February 02 will be celebrated with “Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage” theme, the top ten reports about wetlands in India in one year since 2025 WWD shows our collective failure in protecting both the traditional knowledge and cultural heritage concerning Indian wetlands. At national level only 102 of over 2 lakhs wetlands have been officially identified by March 2025. The situation is abysmal when it comes to recording official health cards of wetlands as only 684 of over 2 lakhs major wetlands have been assessed.

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