World Environment Day (WED) began in 1974. Today WED is celebrated in over 100 different countries. World Environment Day "serves as the people's day for doing something to take care of the Earth or become an agent of change."
Every year WED follows a specific theme. This year's theme is "illegal trade in wildlife under the slogan Go Wild for Life." This year the country Angola is WED's host. Click the link at the end of this post to read more about what WED is.
Here's a little more on this year's theme:
"The booming illegal trade in wildlife products is eroding Earth's precious biodiversity, robbing us of our natural heritage and driving whole species to the brink of extinction."
Elephants, rhinos, tigers, gorillas and sea turtles are some of the animals that are in danger. "In 2011, a subspecies of Javan rhino went extinct in Vietnam, while the last western black rhinos vanished from Cameroon the same year." Along with the Javan rhino, great apes have gone extinct in Gambia, Burkina, Faso, Benin and Togo.
Take part in World Environment Day! "Many local extinctions will eventually add up to a global extinction!"
About WED: http://www.wed2016.com/content/what-is-wed
WED blog: http://www.wed2016.com/wed-blog
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