"Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you realize that money cannot be eaten." -- Cree Indian prophecy.

For yet another anniversary of World Wetlands Day today (February 2), worried environmentalists all over the planet tend to agree with this Cree Indian philosophy, suggesting that there is an urgent need to save our marshlands and mangroves.