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3rd March: World Wildlife Day 2019 Theme, Details, Aim, History
3rd March: World Wildlife Day 2019 Theme, Details, Aim, History
World Wildlife Day is celebrated every year on 3rd March to mark and raise awareness about the world’s wild fauna and flora.
World Wildlife Day is celebrated to mark the signing of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) on this day in 1973.
World Wildlife Day aims to create awareness and encourages people across the globe to protect endangered species. It also aims for taking up urgent steps to fight wildlife crime which has wide-ranging environmental, economic and social impacts.
World Wildlife Day 2019 theme for this year is 'Life below water: for people and planet'. It aims to focus on marine species for the first time
World Wildlife Day was designated by United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at its 68th session on 20 December 2013. On this day in 1973, CITES was adopted.
About Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
CITES is an international agreement to regulate worldwide commercial trade in wild animal and plant species.
CITES aim is to ensure that international trade does not threaten the survival of the species in the wild. It was drafted as a result of a resolution adopted in 1963 at a meeting of members of IUCN. It entered into force in July 1975.
CITES is administered through the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Its secretariat is located in Geneva (Switzerland).
