World Wildlife Day: 03 March

World Wildlife Day: 03 March

 

World Wildlife Day is observed globally every year on 3rd of March.

World Wildlife Day 2020's Theme is " Sustaining all life on Earth ".

The World Wildlife Day also raise awareness about the benefits that the conservation of wild fauna and flora provides to people living on earth.

The day also reminds us of the need to fight against wildlife crime and human-induced reduction of species causing various wide-ranging economic, environmental and social impacts.

The year 2020 is also known as “biodiversity super year”.

History:

On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in its resolution UN 68/205, decided to proclaim 3 March, the day of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973, as World Wildlife Day, which was proposed by Thailand, to celebrate and raise awareness of the world's wild fauna and flora.