Members of the Fraternidade Nuno Álvares (FNA), one of the three component Fellowships in Portugal, were present at the 2025 World Wetlands Day on 8 and 9 February. They participated in all kind of activities organized by various nature organizations. The result of the days allowed the volunteers a more direct contact with the natural and rural reality and with the thought: "Try and leave this world a little better than you found it”.

World Wetlands Day is celebrated on the second day of February every year. This day serves to highlight the influence and positive production that wetlands have had on the world and brings communities together for the benefit of Mother Nature. This day also raises global awareness of wetlands' significant role not only for people but for the planet. Community protectors and environmental enthusiasts all come together on this day to celebrate their love for nature through celebration, which recognizes what wetlands have done for not only humans, but all sorts of organisms in the world.
The theme for World Wetlands Day in 2025 was Protecting wetlands for our common future.

World Wetlands Day is an environmentally related celebration which dates back to the year 1971 when several environmentalists gathered to reaffirm protection and love for wetlands, which are water ecosystems containing plant life and other organisms that bring ecological health in abundance to not only water bodies but environments as a whole.

Below you will find the full report from the FNA with photos of this national environmental volunteer activity.

pdf Report World Wetlands Day 2025 by FNA Portugal (1.15 MB)