World Wetlands Day <https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/> is a global campaign that raises awareness of the importance of wetlands to our comprehensive global ecosystem. The aim of the day is to reduce degradation of wetlands and stop them from disappearing. In the past few centuries, we have seen a rapid decline of the world’s wetlands with almost 90% having been destroyed through degradation. Wetlands are an essential part of our ecosystems, therefore global awareness and action is required. Through global discourse, distribution of educational resources and collective action we can protect our ecosystems.