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Seòmar agus comataidhean

World Wetlands Day

  • Submitted by: Fiona Hyslop, Linlithgow, Scottish National Party.
  • Date lodged: Friday, 03 February 2023
  • Motion reference: S6M-07724

That the Parliament notes that 2 February 2023 marks the 27th annual World Wetlands Day and the 52nd year since the adoption of the Ramsar Convention; celebrates Scotland’s wetlands as important sites for biodiversity that provide unique and productive habitats to a range of rare, threatened and declining species of plants, mammals, birds, fish and invertebrates; highlights that wetlands provide a host of essential systems, such as those that filter drinking water, mitigate flood risks, support food production and are important sites for biodiversity; considers that the climate and nature emergencies pose an existential threat to the future of Scotland’s wetlands and the species that call them home; highlights that these sites across Scotland are designated for their protection under the Ramsar Convention; welcomes the commitment in the draft Scottish Biodiversity Strategy to introduce a programme of ecosystem restoration; further welcomes the commitment to protect at least 30% of Scotland’s land and sea for nature by 2030, and welcomes calls on the Scottish Government to support greater protection for Scotland’s wetlands.


Supported by: Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Siobhian Brown, Alexander Burnett, Maggie Chapman, Natalie Don, Sharon Dowey, Jackie Dunbar, Jim Fairlie, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Rachael Hamilton, Stephen Kerr, Bill Kidd, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Jenni Minto, Audrey Nicoll, Mark Ruskell, Paul Sweeney, Mercedes Villalba