Dirt at play – kids get a closer look at rare South African peatland

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Water Kidz Water On Saturday, 30 January 2016, over 120 children, accompanied by parents, youth group leaders, students and other volunteers, descended on the Colbyn Wetland in Pretoria to learn about wetlands and their role in sustaining our lives and livelihoods. This annual event, held to mark World Wetlands Day, was co-hosted by the Water Research Commission (WRC) and Agricultural Research Council (ARC), in association with the Friends of Colbyn Valley, Centre for Wetland Research and Training (WetResT), Botanical Society of South Africa, South African Wetland Society, International Mire Conservation Group and Aquila Business Consulting, in the City of Tshwane’s Colbyn Wetland Nature Reserve. 2 February marks the anniversary of the adoption, in 1971, of the Convention on Wetlands (also known as the Ramsar Convention) in the Iranian city of Ramsar, and is celebrated across the globe as World Wetlands Day.

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