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Annual
Environmental Events
The World Water Day - March
22
The World Water Day, observed
internationally every March 22, grew out of the 1992 United Nations
Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
For more information please visit the
World Water Day website
The Earth Day - April 22
The Earth Day is held on
April 22 of each year to promote awareness of
environmental issues. The first Earth Day was held in 1970. Earth Day Network (EDN) founded by the
organizers of the first Earth Day in 1970, promotes environmental
citizenship and year round progressive action worldwide.
Read about how it all started
written by
By Senator
Gaylord Nelson, Founder of Earth Day
For more information
please visit the
Earth Day Net
website
The World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) - 2nd
weekend in May
WMBD is devoted to celebrating migratory birds and for promoting
their conservation worldwide. WMBD was
launched in 2006 by two
UNEP departments
For more information
please visit the
World Migratory Bird
Day website
The
International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD) - May 22
May 22 is the IBD day set
aside to
increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
For more information
please visit the
Convention
on Biodiversity or the
International Day for Biological Diversity
website
The World Environment Day - June 5
World Environment Day, commemorated each
year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the
United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and
enhances political attention and action.
For more information please visit the
World
Environment Day website
The World Day to
Combat Desertification and Drought - June 17
In 1994, the United Nations General
Assembly declared June 17 the
"World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought" to promote public
awareness and the implementation of the United Nations Convention to
Combat Desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought
and/or desertification, particularly in Africa.
For more information please visit the
United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) or the
World Day
to Combat Desertification and Drought websites
The "Clean up the World" Weekend - 3rd weekend of September
Clean Up the World partners with the
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to inspire and assist
communities to "clean up, fix up and conserve their local environment"
through carrying out initiatives ranging from waste removal and tree
planting to water and energy conservation projects.
For more details please visit the
Clean up the World
Weekend website
International Day for preservation of Ozone Layer - September 16
On 19 December 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16
September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
("Ozone Day"), commemorating the date, in 1987, on which the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed.
For more details, please visit the
UNEP DTIE website
The International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the
Environment in War and Armed Conflict - November 6
On 5 November 2001, the General Assembly
declared 6 November of each year as the International Day for
Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed
Conflict.
For more details, please visit the
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment
in War and Armed Conflict website.
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