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World Environment Day 2020 theme, "Celebrate Biodiversity, Which 1 million Species facing extinction". Every year world environment day theme has some objectives and new set of goals to implement to achieve better nature and create awareness on environmental protection.
World Environment Day 2020 hosts by Colombia in partnership with Germany. For the first time UN general assembly, Stockholm, in 1972 declared 5th June as world Environment Day.
1st celebration was 5th June,1974, with theme: Only one earth. Earth Anthem: Celebration of World Environment day includes Earth anthem, the song which often sung in this event. Earth anthem found in 2008,
composed by Dr.L.Subrahmanyam,
sung by Kavitha Krishanamurthy,Abhay.k, lyrics by William Wallace
Launched on 5th June, 2013 world Environment day celebrations.
World Environment |Slogans| Quotes:
"We won't have a society if we destroy the environment" - Margaret Mead
"If humanity has to live for a long time, you have to think like earth, act as earth, be the earth, because that is what you are "- Sadhguru
"Environment is where we all meet; where we all have a mutual interest, it is the one thing that all of us share "- Lady Bird Johnson
"The environment is everything that isn't me"- Albert Einstein
"Birds are the indicators of the environment, if they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble" - Roger Tory Peterson
"What we are doing to the forest of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and one another"- Mahatma Gandhi
"Conservation of state of Harmony between men and land" - Aldo Leopold
Amazon forest is still on fire this is huge loss for environment as well as mankind.Thousands of rivers and the powerful river Amazon are famous for this rain forest.
Amazon covers 5.5 million Sq.Km in the region of North west America Brazil,Perspeciesbia,Venezuela,Ecuador,Bolivia,Guyana,Suriname and France.
BLA (Brazil Legal Amazon) consists of 60% of Amazon rain forest of the world
By Aug,2019 as per INPE report more than 80,000 fires across Brazil. Year to year increases 77%. In this 40,000 fires from Brazil only.
Jair Bolosonaro president of Brazil activities also caused to this fires and deforestation. 2018-19 Amazon deforestation and fires called by ecologist as Bolosonaro effect that much contribution Brazil have.
In Yanomami, territory of Brazil, 10,000 illegally mining companies invaded. Brazil government failed to control this.
US contribution in Amazon deforestation is large enough, according to INPE report in Jan,2020 284.3sq.km coverage lost in a period of 30days, this shows how sever the problem is.
Amazon tropical rain forest is important because of its Biodiversity and links with ecology. There are vital links between Amazon rain forest and global warming also its biodiversity.
In 1970: 41,00,000sq.km(forest Coverage)
In 2019: 32,98,555sq.km(forest Coverage)
i.e in this period 8,01,449sq.km(coverage lost by deforestation and fire) Final Word:
World Environment day has been celebrating since 1974, on 5 the June, significant improvement achieved by us, but this is not enough save out environment, need more and more. Every individual has to feel like prime duty in protecting environment. As theme of 2020 world environment days is Celebrate Biodiversity, with 1million species, directly indicates that Amazon forest conservation, as it is popular for its Biodiversity.
