Feb. 2 is World Wetlands Day, a UNESCO initiative.  As of 2016, there were 97 recognised Ramsar and the World Heritage ecosystems. But the world is rapidly losing the battle to save vital wetlands –

64% of the world’s wetlands have disappeared since the beginning of the last century. In most regions across the world, wetlands continue to decline compromising the benefits that wetlands provide to people. Therefore, the conservation of wetlands is a vital task of humanity, which can help achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030.

World Heritage Centre – World Heritage and Ramsar Convention on Wetlands (unesco.org)

Check out the WWF’s page on what wetlands are and what we can do to save them.  What is a wetland? And 8 other wetland facts | Stories | WWF (worldwildlife.org)

If you are looking to start collecting stamps, this is a great place to start. You can find wetland stamps from around the world. But we’ll start this series off with (for me) a home-grown stamp: 

Canada – Conserve Wildlife and Habitats from 1988

Designers/artists: Joseph Gault & Tiit Telmet