2. World Environment Day | 5 June 2020
Time for Nature
Theme: Biodiversity
Official name UN World Environment Day
Also called
Eco Day, Environment Day, WED
(world environment day)
Type International
Significance Environmental issues awareness
Observances Environment Protection
Date 5 June
First time 5 June 1974; 46 years ago
Why protecting biodiversity is necessary
• The Australian bushfires
• Series of California's wildfire
• Cyclones
• Dust storms
• Locust attack across Africa, India, Pakistan
• Transmissions of zoonotic infections
3. Host for this year is Colombia in partnership
with Germany
Colombia put together a wide-ranging series of events featuring experts on
biodiversity issues from across the globe.
1. Amazon, heart of planetary resilience
2. Sustainable use of biodiversity, green business
and the COVID-19 pandemic
3. Community and citizen initiative
4. Biodiversity's - the close relation between
cities and environment
5. Air quality and health
6. Climate change
7. Circular economy
COVID-19
Severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-
CoV-2)is the strain of coronavirus
that causes coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19), the respiratory
illness responsible for the
COVID-19 pandemic.
4. What is our responsibility toward this Earth
• We need our entire global community to change course.
• Adopt sustainable habits
• Safeguard remaining wild species and wildlife.
• Commit to a green and resilient future.
• Captative breeding and seed banks.
• Keeping nature and species diversity intact protect us against pandemics
Atleast 1 million
people or animal
species are likely to
disappear soon!!!
We need the
planet more than
the planet need us.
Lets
Reimagine,
Rebuild, Re
Earth
To care for humanity, we
must care for nature
