Environment Important Days to Remember
- 2 February - World Wetlands Day
- On 2nd February 1971 - Ramsar Convention took place at Ramsar city, Iran whose purpose was to Protection of Wetlands and understanding their impotance.
- As of 2023, India has 75 Ramsar sites.
- UK has the highest number of sites in the world - 175
- India signed the Ramsar convention on
- 2023 Theme - Its time for Wetlands Restoration 1 Feb 1982
- Chilika lake of Odisha was the India's first Ramsar site.
- 20 March - World Sparrow Day
- 21 March - World Forest Day
- 22 March - World Water Day
- 18 April - World Heritage Day
- World Heritage Sites are marked by UNESCO
- They promote the cultural importance of monuments and to preserve and protect the important historical landmarks around the world .
- There are 3 types of World Heritage sites -
- Cultural Heritage sites - 32 sites in India
- Natural Heritage sites - 7 sites in India
- Mix Heritage sites - Only 1 in India - Kanchenjunga
- 22 May - International Biodiversity Day
- Biodiversity Act of 2002
- 2023 Theme - From Agreement to Action : Bring Back Biodiversity
- 5 June - World Environment Day
- Stockholm Conference took place at Sweden in the year 1972 after which it was decided to celebrate World Environment Day on 5 June.
- 2023 Theme - Solutions to Plastic Pollution
- Slogan of 2023 - Green Today, Clean Tomorrow, Our Planet Our Responsibility
- 29 July - International Tiger Day
- Wildlife Protection Act was introduced in India in the year 1972
- Project Tiger in 1973
- Census of Tigers is done every 4 years
- According to 2018 tiger census : 2967 tigers in India
- As per 2014 census : 2226 tigers in India
- State wise number of tigers declared by NCTA (National Conservation of Tiger Authority)
- Madhya Pradesh - 526 tigers
- Karnataka- 524
- Uttarakhand - 442
- Maharashtra - 312
- Tamil Nadu - 264
- 16 September - World Ozone Day
- 2023 Theme - Montreal Protocol : fixing the ozone layer and reducing the climate change
- A hole was found in ozone layer in the year 1985 at Antarctica.
- 16 October - World Food Day
- 2022 Theme - Leave no one Behind
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