World Wetlands Day
What is World Wetlands Day? 2 February each year is World Wetlands Day. It marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Iranian city of Ramsar on the shores of the Caspian Sea. Each year since 1997, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community have taken advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits in general and the Ramsar Convention in particular.
Read more: http://www.ramsar.org/wwd/wwd_index.htm
| International Day for Biological Diversity The UN has proclaimed May 22nd the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is aiming at raising the awareness on biodiversity issues around the world. Read more at: http://www.cbd.int/idb/ |
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Every year 17th June the day is organized in order to raise awareness and to promote international collaboration to combat the effects of drought and desertification. All around the world different activities is held among several stakeholders such as Country Parties to the Convention, non-governmental organizations and international.
Ozone Day
Theme for 2006: Protect the Ozone Layer: Save Life on Earth
Since 1995, on 16 September each year, the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer is celebrated. This date has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 49/114, to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.
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