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We endanger our lives when we turn wetlands into wastelands

Alfayo Onyango, a fisherman at Dunga beach in Kisumu clears the bushy beach to enhance easy landing for fishermen on February 2, 2021, as the world celebrated World Wetlands Day.  [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Due to the key role wetlands play in our landscapes, there is a need for radical change in the way many perceive them as wastelands.

The theme of this year’s World Environment Day, which was marked on Sunday, was ‘Only One Earth’.

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