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World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (5–16 June 1972), that had resulted from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. One year later, in 1973, the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth".
World Bicycle Day [75] June 3 World Environment Day: June 5 Solomon Memorial Day: June 5 World Oceans Day: June 8 Coral Triangle Day: June 9 International Lynx Day [76] [77] June 11 National Cougar Day [78] June 12 Global Wind Day: June 15 World Sea Turtle Day [79] June 16 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought: June 17 World Croc Day ...
In 2009, UNEP mobilized action across the globe through the "Twitter for Trees" campaign. UNEP pledged to plant one tree to feed into the Billion Tree Campaign for every follower who joined from 5 May 2009 to World Environment Day on 5 June 2009. The campaign was a success, with 10,300 people following the page by World Environment Day. [16]
Exemplary action in favour of the environment and the protection of the planet [66] Netherlands: Order of the Golden Ark: Kingdom of the Netherlands: Major contributions to nature conservation Netherlands: Oskar Barnack Award: World Press Photo: Photography expressing the relationship between man and the environment [67] Netherlands: Sarphati ...
Expo '74, officially known as the International Exposition on the Environment, Spokane 1974, [3] was a world's fair held May 4, 1974, to November 3, 1974, in Spokane, Washington in the northwest United States. [2] It was the first environmentally themed world's fair [4] and attended by roughly 5.6 million people. [3]
Image credits: Old-time Photos To learn more about the fascinating world of photography from the past, we got in touch with Ed Padmore, founder of Vintage Photo Lab.Ed was kind enough to have a ...
The following are images from various environment-related articles on Wikipedia. Image 1 Terrestrial Ecoregions of the World (Olson et al. 2001, BioScience) (from Ecoregion ) Image 2 Aerial view of stormwater treatment areas in the northern Everglades bordered by sugarcane fields on the right (from Restoration of the Everglades )
International Day for Biological Diversity; International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict; International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer; International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies; International Day of Forests; International Mother Earth Day; International Noise Awareness Day