Why we demand fresh water? (World Wetlands Day 2nd Feb, 2021).
Only 2.5% of all water on Earth is fresh water, of which less than 1% is accessible – yet this resource is essential for human life. Fresh water is essential for drinking water, agriculture, irrigation, industry and power generation. In addition, 10% of the world’s animal species live exclusively in freshwater habitats, many of which are threatened with extinction.
It has never been so important to protect our freshwater environments. This is acknowledged by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals(link is external), in particular in goal 6: "Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all", (Martha Rojas Urrego, Secretary General of the Convention on Wetlands at the occasion of the World Wetlands Day 2021).
