Events Day Theme Other things

World Environment Day 5-Jun 2017 (Canada): Connecting People to Tiger Express was flaged off from Delhi. 5 June in 1972 - Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.
(WED) Nature in the city and on the land,
from the poles to the equator.

World Oceans Day 8-Jun 2016: Healthy oceans, healthy planet. seeks to provide a unique opportunity to honour, protect, and conserve the worlds oceans. - Celebrated
unofficially since 1992.

World Day to Combat 17-Jun 2016: Inclusive cooperation for
Desertification (WDCD) achieving Land Degradation
Neutrality. 2017: Our Oceans, Our
World Hydrography Day 21-Jun 2017:
Future.Mapping our seas, oceans and
waterways - more important than
ever.
2016 Slogan: Protect Earth. Restore Land. Engage People. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)
had declared June 17 as the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought in 1994.
The day emphasizes the importance of protection of marine reserves and also promotion of safe navigation
in international waters and ports. Day was mooted by the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) in
2005. It was officially instituted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) and the law of the sea in
2005.

International Tiger Day 29-Jul The International Tiger Day was founded in 2010 at the St. Petersburg Tiger Summit. The summit had issued
St. Petersburg Declaration on Tiger Conservation
International Day for the 16-Sep 2016: Ozone and climate: Restored by The same day Montreal proteocol was signed.
Preservation of the a world united
Ozone Layer

World Food Day 16-Oct 2016: Climate is changing. Food and It calls adopting sustainable practices for growing more food with less area of land and use natural resources
agriculture must too. wisely.
World Tsunami 5-Nov 2016: Effective Education and The proposal was first mooted by Japan in 2015. Following the devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami of 2004,
Awareness Day Evacuation Drills the Government of India established an Indian Tsunami Early Warning Centre (ITEWC) under the Indian
National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) at Hyderabad.

World Wetlands Day 2-Feb 2017: Wetlands for Disaster Risk It seeks to raise awareness and highlight the role of healthy wetlands in reducing the impacts of extreme
Reduction. weather events such as floods, cyclones and drought on communities, and in helping to build resilience.

Earth Hour 25-Mar It is an annual international event organised by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). - lights off from
8:30 pm to 9:30 pm local time. - Light pollution is an artificial brightening of the night sky caused by
manmade lightening sources. It is also known as photo pollution or luminous pollution. - This has a
disruptive effect on natural cycles and inhibits the observation of stars and planets. - it disturbes
reproductive cycles of some animals, migration of birds that navigate using stars, circadian rhythms that
regulate hormones, sleep pattern in Human by supressing melatonin hormone.

World Wildlife Day 3-Mar 2017: Listen to the Young Voices The World Wildlife Day is observed on 3rd March every year to celebrate and raise awareness about the
worlds wild fauna and flora. - It is celebrated to mark the adoption of Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

National Biodiversity 2017: Mainstreaming Biodiversity for was held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The event was hosted by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board. It
Congress 2017 Sustainable Development. aims to identify practical, evidence-based case studies at regional level to support
the plan of action.