“It’s time for wetland restoration”: a small difference in translation is a thousand miles away

By TIAN Wenjie

Abstract: The theme of World Wetlands Day 2023 is “Wetland Restoration”. The official slogan issued by the Ramsar Convention Secretariat is “It’s time for wetland restoration”, while many of the Chinese media outlets improperly translated it into “It is time for wetland repair”. This paper discusses from the perspective of ecological civilization and biodiversity conservation, and analyzes the problems behind “wetland repair”, with a view to advocating real “wetland restoration”.

Key words: Wetland restoration, ecological civilization, wetland repair, industrial civilization

TIAN Wenjie. “It’s time for wetland restoration”: a small difference in translation is a thousand miles away. BioGreen - Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development. Vol. 1, February 2023. Total issues 35. ISSN2749-9065

Photo by the Ramsar Convention