Singra Forest Range celebrates World Wetlands Day with essay contest and awareness campaign

A correspondent

Boko: World Wetlands Day celebrated by the Singra Forest Range on Sunday in the Boko area. On this occasion, Singra Forest Range organized an essay writing competition  to encourage students to engage with the theme of wetlands and their conservation at Samuka Upper Primary School in Hahim along the Assam- Meghalaya border. Ranger Bhargab Hazarika said that more than forty students took p[art in the competition and the theme of the essay competition  was Needs of conservation of wetlands: Present and Future. 

On the other hand, staff of the Singra Range took to the streets with awareness banners to promote the significance of wetlands. Campaigns were carried out at various prominent locations in Boko, including Boko Market, Boko Police Station, and Jawaharlal Nehru College, reaching out to the local community.

Singra Range Officer Bhargab Hazarika emphasized that “Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future” is the theme for World Wetlands Day 2025. The theme underscores the urgency of bold action to protect these natural habitats for the welfare of all people – and so future generations can continue to benefit from all that wetlands provide.

Hazarika further added “under the SIngra Range, there are many wetlands situated which are used by the wild elephants, various types of Birds and other animals.  Wetlands are highly productive and biologically diverse systems that enhance water quality, control erosion, maintain stream flows, sequester carbon, and provide a home to at least one third of all threatened and endangered species.”

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