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tantDay
sandt
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rthemei
n2020

1.Wor l
dwet l
andsday:( February2):“
Wet l
andsand
Biodi
versi
ty”i
st hethemef orWor l
dWet landsDay
2020.Wor ldWet l
andsDaymar ksthedat eofthe
adopti
on of the Conv enti
on on Wet lands on 2
Februar
y1971i nt heIr
anianci t
yofRamsaront he
shoresoftheCaspianSea.

2.I
nt ernat
ionalPol
arBearDayonFebr uar
y27r aisesawarenessont heissuesfacing
polarbear sandthewaysinwhichwecanr educeourcarbonfootpri
nt.Cl
imatechange
i
sahuget hr
eattopol
arbear
s'exi
stenceandi t
'suptoust ot akeacti
onandpr otect
theirfutur
e.

3.NationalScienceDay2020:Thi sdayis
cel
ebratedev er
yyearonFebr uary28i nt
he
count
ryt o celebr
atethe discoveryofthe
‘
Raman Ef fect’
.Indi
a’
s greatsci ent
istCV
Ramani nventedthe‘RamanEf f
ect’onthi
s
dayandwonNobel Pri
zeforthesame.

Thi
sy ear,thethemef
orNati
onalSci
enceDay2020is"Womeni nSci
ence"
,whi
chai
ms
toappreciatet
hecont
ri
but
ionofwomeninthefi
eldofsci
ence.

4.ThethemeofWor l
dWildl
if
eDay2020(mar ch3)is“
Sustai
ningal
lli
feonEarth"
.It
focusesonal lwil
danimalandplantspeci
esasacomponentoft hediv
ersi
tyand
l
iveli
hoodsofpeopl
emainl
ythosewholi
veclosestt
onat
ure.

Wor
ldWi
l
dli
feDay
:Hi
stor
y
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TheUnitedNationsGener al
Assembly(UNGA)on20December ,2013init
s68thsession
procl
aimed3Mar chast hedayofsignat
ureoftheConvent
iononInter
nati
onalTradein
EndangeredSpeci esofWi l
dFaunaandFl or
a( CI
TES)in1973.ItisobservedasUN
Wor l
dWi l
dli
feDayt or
aiseawarenessandcelebr
atethewor
ld'
swi l
danimalsandplants.

5.TheI
nter
nat
ionalDayofAct
ionf
orRi
ver
s2020(14mar
ch)t
hemei
s“Women,
Wat
er,
andCli
mateChange”.

6.Wor l
dSpar r
owDayi scelebr
at edon20
Mar ch ev er
yy ear in many count r
ies
aroundt heworld.Everyyearcelebrat
ionis
organised according t
ot he theme.The
themef orWorldSpar r
ow Dayi s"ILOVE
Sparrows"

7.
Wor l
dForest
ryDaywascel
ebr
atedintheyear1971asitwasestabl
i
shedatt
he23r
d
AssemblyofGener
alf
ort
heConf
ederati
onEuropeanforAgr
icul
tur
e.

Wor l
dForestr
yDaywasdeci dedtocelebrat
et heannualeventon21stMar chbythe
UnitedNationsforAgr i
cul
tur
eandFoodOr ganizati
on.I
twasobser vedtomaket he
peopleawar eoft hef or
estsImportance.Thet hemeforeachI nt
ernat
ionalDayof
Forestsischosenbyt heColl
aborati
vePartnershiponForests.Thethemef or2020is
ForestsandBiodi
versi
ty.

8.Wor ldWaterDay ,on22Mar chev er

y
year,isaboutfocusingat
tentionont he
i
mpor tanceofwat er
.Thisy ear'
st heme,
'
Wat erandCli
mateChange',exploreshow
waterandcli
mat echangeareinext r
icabl
y
l
inked.And wor l
d meteorologicalday
themei s“Cl
imateandWat er”,whichwi l
lal
i
gnwi
tht
het
hemeofWor
ldWat
erDay2020,
focusi
ngonclimatechangeandwat er.

9.
Worl
dHealt
hDay2020:ThemeThet
agl
i
nef
ort
hisy
eari
s'Suppor
tNur
sesand
Midwi
ves'

10.ThethemeofWorldAtmospher
e2020i
s‘cel
ebr
ati
ngbi
odi
ver
sit
y’—apr
ior
it
ythat
’s
eachpressi
ngandexi
stent
ial
.

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11.ThethemeforEarthDayApr il22,2020wascl i
mateacti
on.Thef i
rstEarthDayi n
1970mobil
izedmi
ll
ionsofAmericansf ortheprotect
ionoftheplanet
.OnApr i
l22,1970,
20mi l
l
ionAmeri
cans— 10% oft heU. S.popul
ationatt heti
me— t ookt othestreet
s,
col
legecampusesand hundredsofci ti
est o protestenvi
ronmentalignoranceand
demandanewwayf orwar
dforourpl anet

12.ThemeofWor ldMigrat
oryBi
r dDayMay8,2020i s“Bi
rdsConnectOurWorl
d”and
waschosent ohighli
ghttheimportanceofconser
vingandrestor
ingtheecologi
cal
connecti
vi
tyand integri
tyofecosystems t
hatsupportthe nat
uralcycl
es t
hatar e
essent
ialfort
hesurviv
alandwell
-bei
ngofmigrat
orybi
rds.

13.Thet
hemefort
heI
nter
nat
ionalDayf
orBi
odi
ver
sit
yMay222020i
s“oursol
uti
ons
arei
nnat
ure.
”

14.
WorldTur
tl
eDaywasobserv
edon23r
dMaytoincr
easeatt
enti
ononconserv
ati
on
ofTur
tl
esandTor
toi
ses.
Thet
hemef
ort
heWor
ldTur
tleDay2020is‘
Adopt
,Don’
tShop’

15.Worl
denvir
onmentdaywascelebr
atedonJune5.Focusi
ngonpr essi
ngissues,
thi
sdayhasbeencel
ebr
atedsi
nce1974.Thi
syear
,thet
hemeis'
Biodi
versi
ty.

16.TheWor
ldOceansDayThemef
or2020i
s"I
nnov
ati
onf
oraSust
ainabl
eOcean"

June8i sWorldOceansDay,t
heUnitedNati
onsdayf orcelebr
ati
ngtheroleofthe
oceansi
nourever
ydayli
feandi
nspi
ri
ngact
iontopr
otecttheoceanandsust
ainabl
yuse
mariner
esour
ces.

17.ThethemeofCoralTriangl
eDay2020is“Worki
ngtogethertowar
dsapl
ast
ic-
fr
ee
CoralTri
angl
e”.ThedayisobservedbytheCoralTri
angl
eI ni
ti
ati
veonCor
alReefs,
Fi
sheri
esandFoodSecuri
ty(CTI
-CFF)
.

18.
Worl
dDaytoCombatDesert
ifi
cat
ionAndDr ought2020Thi syeart
het
hemef
or
Worl
dDayt
oCombatDeser
ti
fi
cat
ionAndDroughti
s"Food.Feed.Fi
bre"

19.Wor ldPopul
ati
onDayi sobser
vedonJuly11ever
yyear
.Worl
dPopul
ationDaywas
establ
ishedbytheUnitedNati
onsDevel
opmentProgr
ammein1989.
Thethemeforthi
s
yearis"Howtosafeguardt
hehealt
handright
sofwomenandgi
rl
snow"

20.TheInt
ernationalDayfortheConservat
ionoftheMangroveEcosy st
em,adopted
bytheGeneralConf er
enceofUNESCOin2015andcel ebr
atedeachyearonJul y26th,
ai
mst oraiseawar enessoftheimportanceofmangroveecosystemsas“ aunique,
speci
aland vulnerabl
eecosystem"and to promotesol
uti
onsf ortheirsust
ainabl
e
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21.TheI nter
nat
ionalTi
gerDay( al
soknownasGl obalTigerDay)iscel
ebr
atedev er
y
yearon29Jul yt
or ai
seawarenessabouttigerconser
vati
on,promot
etheprotect
ionof
naturalhabit
atoft i
ger
sandsuppor ttigerconservat
ionissues.Theannualdayi s
celebrat
edwitht
heslogan“Thei
rsurvi
val
isinourhands”.

22.
Thewor ldl
iondayisobser
vedacr
ossthegl
obeonAugust10ev er
yyearandai
ms
toawarenessandeducat
espeopl
eaboutl
i
onsandissuesconcer
ningt
heconser
vat
ion
ofthespeci
es.

TheAsiati
clionfoundinI ndi
ai sl
i
stedasendangeredintheInt
ernat
ionalUnionfor
Conserv
ati
onofNat ur
e( I
UCN)r edl
istandar
elar
gelyfoundint
herestr
ictedGirfor
est
andit
ssurroundi
ngareas.

23.The2020Wor
ldOzoneDayt
hemeandt
agl
ine-OZONEFORLI
FE-35YEARSOF
OZONELAYERPROTECTION

On19December1994, theUnitedNati
onsGeneralAssembl
ypr ocl
aimed16September
t
heInt
ernat
ionalDayforthePreser
vati
onoftheOzoneLayer,commemor at
ingthedat
e,
i
n1987,onwhi chtheMont r
ealProtocolonSubstancest
hatDepletetheOzoneLayer
wassi
gned.

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