February 2, 2015 is the International Wetlands day on the theme ‘Wetlands for the Future’. According to the Ramsar (Wetlands) Convention, there are over 2,000 Ramsar Sites on the territories of over 160 Ramsar Contracting Parties across the world. The Lake Victoria basin hosts 6 of them including Lutembe, Mabamba and Lake Nabugabo wetlands systems; Nabajjuzi wetland system, and the Sango bay – Musambwa Island- Kagera wetland system. However, Ramsar sites that are globally recognised are only part of the web that also includes smaller and ‘less important’ ones, which face considerable pressure and greed due to human induced activities including car washing. These form part of the drainage system (rivers, streams, bays and other natural water reservoirs) that are under considerable stress. http://tinyurl.com/pv8p73j