Shannon Town Community Wetlands - Celebrate World Wetlands Day 2025
Tue, Feb 04
|Treacys Oakwood Hotel
Free event, all welcome! Networking event afterwards with tea, coffee & biscuits.


Time & Location
Feb 04, 2025, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Treacys Oakwood Hotel, Shannon Town Roundabout, Smithstown, Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland
World Wetlands Day is a global event celebrating the importance of wetlands. This year's theme is "Protecting Wetlands for Our Common Future." To mark this event, you are invited to come celebrate the importance of local wetlands in Shannon Town. The Shannon Town Community Wetlands (STCW), and the Local Authority Waters Programme (LAWPRO), invite you to a community networking event exploring the importance of wetlands and the exceptional work undertaken by the STCW Committee over the past 7 years.
The event will explore how wetlands sustain biodiversity and help address climate change. It will also focus on how we can work to protect wetlands for our common future: supporting ecosystem and human wellbeing. It will include an exceptional illustrated talk by John O'Brien of the STCW on the history and background of wetland habitats in Shannon Town. John will also focus on the work of the Committee and the creation…