For the first time ever, the United Nations has set aside a day for the world to “celebrate the beauty and variety of the millions of plants and animals that we share our planet with.” Known as World Wildlife Day, John E. Scanlon, secretary-general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), has
UN Holds First-Ever ‘Wildlife’ Day, Calls Attention To Illegal Logging Trade
The United Nations has set March 3 as the first-ever World Wildlife Day, hoping people will join it in going “wild for wildlife” and focus on the illegal logging trade.