Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today urged the people to have a caring relationship with nature and desist from unsustainable human activities that imperil the biodiversity.
On the occasion of World Wild Life Day today, the Odisha CM has pledged to reserve the vast variety of life, flora and fauna the humans share the planet with.
“On World Wild Life Day, let us rededicate ourselves to preserve the vast variety of life, flora and fauna the humans share the planet with. Urge everyone to have a caring relationship with nature and desist from unsustainable human activities that imperil our biodiversity”, Naveen tweeted.
On #WorldWildlifeDay, let us rededicate ourselves to preserve the vast variety of life, flora and fauna the humans share the planet with. Urge everyone to have a caring relationship with nature and desist from unsustainable human activities that imperil our biodiversity. pic.twitter.com/09u28CcFLq
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) March 3, 2020
On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 3 March – the day of signature of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 1973 – as UN World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild animals and plants.
The UNGA resolution also designated the CITES Secretariat as the facilitator for the global observance of this special day for wildlife on the UN calendar. World Wildlife Day has now become the most important global annual event dedicated to wildlife.
The theme of World Wildlife Day 2020, “Sustaining all life on Earth”, encompasses all wild animal and plant species as a component of biodiversity, as well as the livelihoods of people, especially those who live closest to the nature.
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