February 2: World Wetland Day
- is celebrated to create awareness about wetlands and their value to mankind.
- On February 2nd 1971, the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International importance was signed at Ramsar in Iran.
March 21: World Forestry Day
April 7: World Health Day –
- The World Health Organisation (WHO) came into existence on this day in 1948.
April 18: World Heritage Day
April 22: Earth Day
- was first celebrated in 1970 by a group of people in the USA to draw attention to increasing environmental problems caused by humans on earth.
- This day is now celebrated all over the world with rallies, festivals, clean-ups, special shows and lectures.
June 5: World Environment Day
- marks the anniversary of the Stockholm Conference on Human Environment in Sweden in 1972, where nations of the world gathered to share their concern over human progress at the expense of the environment.
June 11: World Population Day
August 6: Hiroshima Day
September 16: World Ozone Day
- was proclaimed by the United Nations as the International Day for the preservation of the ozone layer.
- The day marks the Montreal Protocol signed in 1987 to control production and consumption of ozone depleting substances.
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