Days of environment[edit]

Environmental Date Date(s)

National Bird Day 01-05: January 5

International Zebra Day[3][4][5] 01-31: January 31

World Wetlands Day 02-02: February 2

World Ostrich Day [6][7] 02-02: February 2

World Marmot Day[8][9] 02-02: February 2

World Pangolin Day[10][11] 02: Third Saturday of February

World Whale Day[12] 02: Third Sunday of February

World Bonobo Day[13][14][15] 02-14: February 14

World Hippopotamus Day[16] 02-15: February 15

International Polar Bear Day 02-27: February 27

World Wildlife Day 03-03: March 3

Solar Appreciation Day[17][18][19] 03: Second Friday of March

International Day of Action for Rivers[20] 03-14: March 14

World Consumer Rights Day 03-15: March 15

Buzzards Day[21][22] 03-15: March 15

National Panda Day[23][24][25] 03-16: March 16

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

Global Recycling Day[26] 03-18: March 18

Taxonomist Appreciation Day[27] 03-19 : March 19

World Sparrow Day 03-20: March 20

World Frog Day[28][29][30] 03-20: March 20

World Rewilding Day[31] 03-20: March 20

International Day of Forests 03-21: March 21

World Planting Day[32][33][34] 03-21: March 21

World Wood Day[35] 03-21: March 21

World Water Day 03-22: March 22

International Seal Day[36] 03-22: March 22

World Meteorological Day 03-23: March 23

Manatee Appreciation Day[37][38][39] 03: Last Wednesday in March

World Aquatic Animal Day[40] 04-03: April 3

International Beaver Day[41][42] 04-07: April 7

Zoo Lovers Day[43][44] 04-08: April 8

Arbor Day 04-10: April 10

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

Bat Appreciation Day[45][46] 04-17: April 17

Earth Day 04-22: April 22[47]

International Pallas's Cat Day 04-23: April 23

World Tapir Day[48][49][50] 04-27: April 27

International Hyena Day [51][52] 04-27: April 27

Day of Remembrance for all Victims of

04-29: April 29
Chemical Warfare

Green Up Day 05: First Saturday of May in Vermont

World Tuna Day[53][54][55] 05-02: May 2

International Leopard Day[56] 05-03: May 3

Wild Koala Day[57][58] 05-03: May 3

Greenery Day 05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29)

World Donkey Day[59] 05-08: May 8

Go Public Gardens Days Friday before to the Sunday after Mother's Day

Second Saturday of May. Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and

World Migratory Bird Day[60] Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South
America, and the Caribbean.

Endangered Species Day[61] 05: Third Friday of May

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

Bike-to-Work Day 05: Third Friday of May

World Bee Day 05-20: May 20

International Day for Biological

05-22: May 22
Diversity (World Biodiversity Day)

World Turtle Day 05-23: May 23

European Day of Parks - Europarc Federation[62] 05-24: May 24

World Otter Day[63][64] 05-25: May 25

World No Tobacco Day 05-31: May 31

World Parrot Day[65][66][67] 05-31: May 31

World Reef Day[68][69] 06-01: June 1

World Peatlands Day 06-02: June 2

World Bicycle Day[70] 06-03: June 3

World Environment Day 06-05: June 5

Solomon Memorial Day 06-05: June 5

World Oceans Day 06-08: June 8

Coral Triangle Day 06-09: June 9

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

International Lynx Day[71][72] 06-11: June 11

National Cougar Day[73] 06-12: June 12

Global Wind Day 06-15: June 15

World Sea Turtle Day[74] 06-16: June 16

World Day to Combat Desertification and

06-17: June 17
Drought

World Croc Day[75] 06-17: June 17

World Horseshoe Crab Day[76][77] 06-20: June 20

World Giraffe Day 06-21: June 21

World Camel Day[78][79][80] 06-22: June 22

World Rainforest Day[81][82] 06-22: June 22

World Population Day 07-11: July 11

Shark Awareness Day[83][84][85][86] 07-14: July 14

World Chimpanzee Day[87][88][89] 07-14: July 14

World Orca Day[90] 07-14: July 14

World Snake Day[91] 07-16: July 16

International Day for the Conservation of the

07-26: July 26
Mangrove Ecosystems

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

World Nature Conservation Day[92][93]>[94] 07-28: July 28

International Tiger Day 07-29: July 29

World Ranger Day - International Ranger

07-31: July 31
Federation

International Clouded Leopard Day[95] 08-04: August 4

International Moon Bear Day 08-08: August 8

World Lion Day[96] 08-10: August 10

World Elephant Day 08-12: August 12

World Hirola Day[97] 08-12: August 12

International Wolf Day[98][99] 08-13: August 13

World Lizard Day[100][101]

National Honey Bee Day 08-15: August 15

World Orangutan Day[102] 08-19: August 19

World African Wild Dog Day[103] 08-26: August 26

International Whale Shark Day[104][105] 08-30: August 30

International Primate Day[106] 09-01: September 1

Japan Dolphin Day[107][108] 09-01: September 1

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

Amazon Rainforest Day[109] 09-05: September 5

International Vulture Awareness Day[110][111][112] 09: First Saturday of September

International Day of Clean Air for blue skies 09-16: September 7

World Dolphin Day[113] 09-12: September 12

International Day for the Preservation of the

09-16: September 16
Ozone Layer

World Manta Day[114] 09-17: September 17

World Water Monitoring Day 09-18: September 18

PARK(ing) Day [de][115][116][117] 09: Third Friday in September

World Cleanup Day[118] 09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September

National Cleanup Day[119] 09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September

International Red Panda Day[120] 09: Third Saturday of September

International Tamarin Day 09-22: September 22

Zero Emissions Day[121] 09-21: September 21

Car Free Day 09-22: September 22

World Rhino Day[122] 09-22: September 22

National Hunting and Fishing Day[123] 09-23: September 23

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day) 09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding

World Gorilla Day[124][125][126] 09-24: September 24

World Environmental Health Day[127] 09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH)[128]

World Cassowary Day[129][130] 09-26: September 26

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss

09-29: September 29
and Waste[131]

World Rivers Day[132] 09: Last Sunday of September

World Farm Animals Day[133] 10-02: October 2

World Habitat Day 10: First Monday of October

World Animal Day 10-04: October 4

Energy Efficiency Day[134] 10: First Wednesday in October

International Day for Natural Disaster

10-13: October 13
Reduction

International E-Waste Day[135][136][137] 10-14: October 14

International Sawfish Day [138] 10-17: October 17

Sustainability Day! [139] 10: Fourth Wednesday of October

World Okapi Day[140][141] 10-18: October 18

International Sloth Day[142][143][144] 10-20: October 20

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

National Reptile Awareness Day[145][146] 10-21: October 21

International Wombat Day[147][148][149] 10-22: October 22

International Snow Leopard Day[150][151] 10-23: October 23

Freshwater Dolphin Day[152] 10-24: October 24

International Gibbon Day[153][154][155] 10-24: October 24

International Day of Climate Action 10-24: October 24

World Lemur Day[156][157] 10: Last Friday of October

World Vegan Day 11-01: November 1

World Basking Shark Day 11-03: November 3

International Day for Preventing the

Exploitation of the Environment in War and 11-06: November 6
Armed Conflict

National Bison Day 11: First Saturday in November

America Recycles Day 11-15: November 15

World Fisheries Day[158] 11-21: November 21

International Jaguar Day[159][160] 11-29: November 29

International Cheetah Day[161][162] 12-04: December 4

Wildlife Conservation Day[163] 12-04: December 4

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 Environmental Date Date(s)

World Soil Day[164] 12-05: December 5

International Mountain Day 12-11: December 11

Monkey Day 12-14: December 14

Ozone Action Day Variable date depending weather conditions

eDay - Electronic Waste Day Variable date, in New Zealand

World Fish Migration Day Variable date (next one- 22 May 2022; last one- 24 October 2020)

Weeks[edit]
Name Date

tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness and Action Week April 19–23, 2021

Great Backyard Bird Count 2019 date, February 15–18

Green Office Week 2016 date, April 18–22

Keep Australia Beautiful Week[165] Last full week of August

National Green Week 02 (first week in February every year in the United States)

National Wildlife Week[166]

National Dark-Sky Week 04 (week of new moon in April)

Bike to Work Week Victoria

National Pollinator Week[167] third week in June

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 Name Date

Mosquito Awareness Week June 22 to June 28[168]

Plastic Free July All July

National Clean Beaches Week[citation needed] July 1 to 7

Van Mohatsav Saptah (Forest Festival Week)[citation needed]

Conservation Week

European Mobility Week 09–16 to 09-22: September 16 to 22

Bike Week 06: second week in June

Recycle Week[169] 06: 20 to 26 June 2011

Zero Waste Week first week of September

Green Office Week

European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) 11: 9 days, last complete week in November

Science Literacy Week (Canada)[170] 16-22: September

No Car Day 09: China, week of September 22

World Water Week in Stockholm 08 or 09: each year in August or September

National Op Shop Week (Australia)[citation needed] August 21–27

World Oceans Week[171] 01-08: June

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 Name Date

National Herbal Medicine Week Each year for the last week in October [172]

Years[edit]
Name Date

International Polar Year 1882–1883

International Polar Year 1932–1933

International Year of the Child 1979

World Population Year 1974

International Year of the Ocean (IYO) 1998

International Year of Mountains (IYM) 2002

International Year of Ecotourism (IYE) 2002

International Year of Freshwater (IYF) 2003

International Year of Deserts and Desertification 2006

International Year of the Dolphin 2007–2008

International Polar Year 2007–2009

International Year of Planet Earth 2008

International Year of Sanitation 2008

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 Name Date

International Year of Natural Fibres 2009 2009

Year of the Gorilla[173] 2009

International Year of Biodiversity 2010

International Year of Forests 2011

International Year of Soils 2015

International Year of Pulses 2016

International Year of Sustainable tourism for all 2017

International Year of Indigenous languages 2019

International Year of Plant Health 2020

International Year of Fruits and Vegetables[174] 2021

Agriculture[edit]
[175]

YEAR EVENTS

2004 International year of rice

2005 International year of parthenium

2006 International year of desert and desertification

2007 International year of water

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2008 International year of potato

2009 International year of natural fibres

2010 International year of biodiversity

2011 International year of forest

2012 International year of cooperative (Also celebrated as National year of horticulture)

2013 International year of water cooperation

2014 International year of family farming

2015 International year of soil and Light

2016 International year of pulses (theme- nutritious seed for sustainable agriculture)

2017 International year of sustainable tourism

2018 Recommended for International year of millets (Declared as National year of millets)

2019 International year of Indigenous language

2020 International Year of Plant Health

International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. And also International Year of Fruits and
2021
Vegetables

2022 International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture

2023 International year of Millets

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Decades[edit]
Name Date

International Drinking Water Decade, 1981-1990 1980s

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction 1990s

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014

Water for Life Decade 2005-2015

United Nations Decade on Biodiversity 2011-2020

United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against

2010-2020
Desertification

2021-2030
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

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Ecology
 (from Greek: οἶκος, "house", or "environment"; -λογία, "study of")
 is the scientificanalysis andstudy of interactions among organisms and their
environment.It is an interdisciplinaryfield that
includes biology, geography, and Earth science. Ecology includes the study of
interactions that organismshave with each other, other organisms,
andwith abiotic componentsof their environment. The word "ecology" ("Ökologie") was
coined in 1866by the German scientist Ernst Haeckel(1834–1919).Ecological thought is
derivative of established currents in philosophy, particularly from ethics and
politics.Ancient Greek philosophers such as Hippocratesand Aristotlelaid the
foundations of ecology in theirstudies on natural history. Modern ecology became a
much more rigorous sciencein the late 19th century.Evolutionaryconcepts relating to
adaptation and natural selectionbecame the cornerstones ofmodern ecological
theory. The scope of ecology contains a wide array of interacting levels of organization
spanning micro-level(e.g., cells) to a planetary scale (e.g., biosphere) phenomena. 

Ecosystems, for example, contain abiotic resourcesand interacting life forms

(i.e., individual organismsthat aggregate into populationswhich aggregate into distinct
ecological communities).Ecosystems are dynamic, they do not always follow a linear
successional path, but they are alwayschanging, sometimes rapidly and sometimes so
slowly that it can take thousands of years for ecologicalprocesses to bring about
certain successional stagesof a forest.An ecosystem's area can vary greatly,
from tiny to vast. A single tree is of little consequence to theclassification of a
forest ecosystem, but critically relevant to organisms living in and on it.Several
generations of an aphidpopulation can exist over the lifespan of a single leaf.
Each of those aphids,in turn, support diverse bacterialcommunities.The nature of
connections in ecological communities cannot be explained by knowing the details of
eachspecies in isolation, because the emergent pattern is neither revealed nor predicted
until the ecosystemis studied as an integrated whole.Some ecological principles,
however, do exhibit collective properties where the sum of the componentsexplain the
properties of the whole, such as birth rates of a population being equal to the sum of
individualbirths over a designated time frame.Biodiversity refers to the variety of life
and its processes. It includes the variety of living organisms, thegenetic differences
among them, the communities and ecosystems in which they occur, and the
ecologicaland evolutionaryprocesses that keep them functioning, yet ever changing and
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adapting.The habitat of a species describes the environment over which a
species is known to occur and the typeof community that is formed as a result

The ecological niche is a central concept in the ecology of organisms and is sub-
divided into the fundamental 
 and the
realized 
 niche.1.
 
The fundamental niche is the set of environmental conditions under which a
species is able topersist.2.
 
The realized niche is the set of environmental plus ecological conditions under which a
speciespersists.3.
 
The Hutchinsonian niche is defined more technically as a"Euclideanhyperspacewhose
dimensions
 are defined as environmental variables andwhose
size
 is a function of the number of values that the environmental values may assume
forwhich an organism has
 positive fitness
."Biomes are larger units of organization that categorize regions of the Earth's
ecosystems, mainly accordingto the structure and composition of vegetation.The
largest scale of ecological organization is the biosphere: the total sum of
ecosystems on the planet

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