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| Courtesy: India Today, June 3, 2021 |
World Environment Day is the United Nations' day to encouraging worldwide awareness and action for protecting our environment. Only with healthy ecosystems can we enhance people’s livelihoods, counteract climate change, and stop biodiversity collapse. Every year on 5 June, the world celebrates World Environment Day to bring positive changes.
This year’s theme for World Environment Day is 'Ecosystem Restoration'. Ecosystem restoration means preventing, halting, and reversing the damage caused by human activities and finally healing our nature. This World Environment Day will see the launch of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
World Environment Day is hosted by different countries around the globe. It has a participation of over 143 countries annually. Pakistan will host World Environment Day 2021 in collaboration with the UN Environment Program.
This is the first time in history that Pakistan will officially host this day. Pakistan will make some important announcements related to initiatives that it has taken to mitigate the effects of climate change, including the 10 Billion Trees Tsunami Program, Clean Green Pakistan, the Electric Vehicle Policy, National Parks, and Green jobs.
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Ecosystem restoration means assisting in the recovery of ecosystems that have been degraded or destroyed in the past years, as well as conserving the ecosystems that are still intact. Healthier ecosystems, with richer biodiversity, yield greater benefits, such as more fertile soils, bigger yields of timber and fish, and larger stores of greenhouse gases.
Restoration, healing and reconnecting in our natural world can take place in many ways. For example:
* Planting seeds and nurturing the biodiversity in your gardens and yards
• Actively planting more trees around you
• Get together with your friends and neighbors for a clean-up activity in your area
• Cleaning up your local beaches
• Save and use less water
• Recycle your e-waste properly
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| World Environment Day in India Courtesy: Wikipedia |
World Environment Day offers a global platform for inspiring positive change in the environment. It pushes individuals to think about the way they consume the ecosystem and gives them a chance to take action to build a greener future.
Article: India Today, June 3, 2021
