The launching ceremony of World Wetland Day was held in Hangzhou, which is urgent to protect wetlands

February 3 is the 19th World Wetland Day, hosted by the State Forestry Administration, Zhejiang Provincial People's government, 2015 World Wetland Day Initiation ceremony was held in Hangzhou. State Forestry administration officials revealed that at present, China's wetland in the overall still face a variety of threats and great pressure, wetland area shrinking, ecological function continues to decline, species diversity is decreasing. The data show that wetland area of China is reduced by 3.3963 million hectares than 10 years ago, and wetland protection is urgent.

The person responsible for the protection of wetlands, China has now established more than 570 wetland nature reserves and more than 900 wetland parks, including 46 wetlands, the National Wetland Park 569, a total of 23.24 million hectares of wetlands have been different forms of protection, wetland protection rate from 10 years ago 30.49% Up to 43.51% now. It is reported that this year wetland day theme is "Wetland, our Future", aimed at interpreting the relationship between wetlands and human interdependence, advocating wetland protection from young people. In the near future, China will hold a series of wetland protection publicity activities around the world Wetland Day.