World Environment Day

UN awareness effort to protect the environment

World Environment Day

Official name| UN World Environment Day
Also called| Eco Day, Environment Day, WED (world environment day)
Type| International
Significance| Environmental issues awareness
Observances| Environment Protection
Date| 5 June
Next time| 5 June 2025 (2025-06-05)
First time| 5 June 1972; 52 years ago (5 June 1972)
World Environment Day in India

World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5 June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. It is supported by many non-governmental organizations, businesses, government entities, and represents the primary United Nations outreach day supporting the environment.[1][2]

First held in 1974, it has been a platform for raising awareness on environmental issues as marine pollution, overpopulation, global warming, sustainable development and wildlife crime.[3] World Environment Day is a global platform for public outreach, with participation from over 143 countries annually, incl. participation from Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand and the United States.[citation needed] Every year, the program has provided a theme and forum for businesses, non government organizations, communities, politicians and stars to advocate environmental causes.[4][5]

## History

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World Environment Day was established in 1972 by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment (5–16 June 1972), that had resulted from discussions on the integration of human interactions and the environment. One year later, in 1973, the first WED was held with the theme "Only One Earth".[6]

## Host cities

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World Environment Day celebrations have been (and will be) hosted in the following cities:[7]

Year  | Theme  | Host city

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1972  | Stockholm Conference on Human Environment  | Stockholm, United Nations
1973  |  | Geneva, Switzerland[8]
1974 | Only one Earth during Expo '74[9] | Spokane, United States
1975 | Human Settlements | Dhaka, Bangladesh
1976 | Water: Vital Resource for Life | Ontario, Canada
1977 | Ozone Layer Environmental Concern; Lands Loss and Soil Degradation | Sylhet, Bangladesh
1978 | Development Without Destruction | Sylhet, Bangladesh
1979 | Only One Future for Our Children – Development Without Destruction | Sylhet, Bangladesh
1980 | A New Challenge for the New Decade: Development Without Destruction | Sylhet, Bangladesh
1981 | Ground Water; Toxic Chemicals in Human Food Chains | Sylhet, Bangladesh
1982 | Ten Years After Stockholm (Renewal of Environmental Concerns) | Dhaka, Bangladesh
1983 | Managing and Disposing Hazardous Waste: Acid Rain and Energy | Sylhet, Bangladesh
1984 | Desertification | Rajshahi, Bangladesh
1985 | Youth: Population and the Environment | Islamabad, Pakistan
1986 | A Tree for Peace | Ontario, Canada
1987 | Environment and Shelter: More Than A Roof | Nairobi, Kenya
1988 | When People Put the Environment First, Development Will Last | Bangkok, Thailand
1989 | Global Warming; Global Warning | Brussels, Belgium
1990 | Children and the Environment | Mexico City, Mexico
1991 | Climate Change. Need for Global Partnership | Stockholm, Sweden
1992 | Only One Earth, Care and Share | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1993 | Poverty and the Environment – Breaking the Vicious Circle | Beijing, China
1994 | One Earth One Family | London, United Kingdom
1995 | We the Peoples: United for the Global Environment | Pretoria, South Africa
1996 | Our Earth, Our Habitat, Our Home | Istanbul, Turkey
1997 | For Life on Earth | Seoul, South Korea
1998 | For Life on Earth – Save Our Seas | Moscow, Russia
1999 | Our Earth – Our Future – Just Save It! | Tokyo, Japan
2000 | The Environment Millennium – Time to Act | Adelaide, Australia
2001 | Connect with the World Wide Web of Life | Turin, Italy and Havana, Cuba
2002 | Give Earth a Chance | Shenzhen, China
2003 | Water – Two Billion People are Dying for It! | Beirut, Lebanon
2004 | Wanted! Seas and Oceans – Dead or Alive? | Barcelona, Spain
2005 | Green Cities – Plant for the Planet! | San Francisco, United States
2006 | Deserts and Desertification – Don't Desert Drylands! | Algiers, Algeria
2007 | Melting Ice – a Hot Topic? | London, United Kingdom
2008 | Kick The Habit – Towards A Low Carbon Economy | Wellington, New Zealand
2009 | Your Planet Needs You – Unite to Combat Climate Change | Mexico City, Mexico
2010 | Many Species. One Planet. One Future | Rangpur, Bangladesh
2011 | Forests: Nature at your Service | Delhi, India
2012 | Green Economy: Does it include you? | Brasília, Brazil
2013 | Think.Eat.Save. Reduce Your Foodprint | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2014 | Raise your voice, not the sea level | Bridgetown, Barbados
2015 | Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care. | Rome, Italy
2016 | Zero Tolerance for the Illegal Wildlife trade | Luanda, Angola
2017 | Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator | Ottawa, Canada
2018 | Beat Plastic Pollution[10] | New Delhi, India
2019 | Beat Air Pollution[11] | China
2020  | Time for Nature[12][5] | Colombia
2021  | Ecosystem restoration[13] | Pakistan
2022  | Only One Earth | Sweden
2023  | Solutions to Plastic Pollution | Ivory Coast
2024  | Land restoration, desertification and drought resilience[14] | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
2025  | Ending plastic pollution[15] | South Korea
2026  | tbd  | Azerbaijan[16]

## Annual themes and major initiatives and accomplishments

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For almost five decades, World Environment Day has been raising awareness, supporting action, and driving changes for the environment. Here is a timeline of key accomplishments in WEDs' history:

### 2005

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Standard WED banners hung in San Francisco in May 2005

The theme for the 2005 World Environment Day was "Green Cities" and the slogan was "Plant for the Planet!".[17]

### 2006

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The topic for WED 2006 was Deserts and Desertification and the slogan was "Don't desert drylands".[18]

The slogan emphasised the importance of protecting drylands. The main international celebrations of the World Environment Day 2006 were held in Algeria.[citation needed]

### 2007

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The topic for World Environment Day for 2007 was "Melting Ice – a Hot Topic?" During International Polar Year, WED 2007 focused on the effects that climate change is having on polar ecosystems and communities, on other ice- and snow-covered areas of the world, and the resulting global impacts.[citation needed]

The main international celebrations of the WED 2007 were held in the city of Tromsø, Norway, a city north of the Arctic Circle.[19]

Egypt issued a postage stamp for the 2007 World Environment Day.[20]

### 2008

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The host for World Environment Day 2008 was New Zealand, with the main international celebrations scheduled for Wellington. The slogan for 2008 was "CO2, Kick the Habit! Towards a Low Carbon Economy." New Zealand was one of the first countries to pledge to achieve carbon-neutrality, and will also focus on forest management as a tool for reducing greenhouse gases.[21]

The Chicago Botanic Garden served as the North American host[22] for World Environment Day on 5 June 2008.

### 2009

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The theme for WED 2009 was "Your Planet Needs You – UNite to Combat Climate Change", and Michael Jackson's "Earth Song" was declared "World Environment Day Song". It was hosted in Mexico.[23]

### 2010

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"Many Species. One Planet. One Future", was the theme of 2010.[24]

It celebrated the diversity of life on Earth as part of the 2010 International Year of Biodiversity. It was hosted in Rwanda. Thousands of activities were organized worldwide, with beach clean-ups, concerts, exhibits, film festivals, community events and much more.[25] Each continent (except Antarctica) had a "regional host city", the U.N. chose Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as the host for all North.[26]

### 2011

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The theme for 2011 was 'Forests - Nature At Your Service'. Thousands of activities were organized worldwide, with beach clean-ups, concerts, exhibits, film festivals, community events, tree plantings[27] and much more. It was hosted by India.

### 2012

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The theme for the 2012 World Environment Day was Green Economy.[28]

The theme aimed to invite people to examine their activities and lifestyle and see how the concept of a "Green Economy" fits into it. The host country for the year's celebrations was Brazil.[28]

### 2013

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The 2013 theme for World Environment Day was "Think.Eat.Save".[29]

The campaign addressed the huge annual wastage and losses in food, which, if conserved, would release a large quantity of food as well as reduce the overall carbon footprint. The campaign aimed to bring about awareness in countries with lifestyles resulting in food wastage. It also aimed to empower people to make informed choices about the food they eat so as to reduce the overall ecological impact due to the worldwide production of food.[29] The host country for the year's celebrations was Mongolia.[30]

* Stage in front of the Brandenburg Gate on Environmental Festival 2011

* World Environment Day 2011 in Donetsk, Ukraine

* US Consul CG Yee, along with the Mayor of Thessaloniki Vassilis Papageorgopoulos, the Prefect of Thessaloniki Panagiotis Psomiadis, and many others participating in World Environment Day on the waterfront bike path

* Trees planting during the World Environment Day 2012 in Konso, Ethiopia

* People in Melbourne celebrate World Environment Day 2011 with a rally to fund renewable energy. [31]

### 2014

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The Theme of the 2014 WED was International Year of Small Islands Developing States (SIDS). By choosing this Theme the UN General Assembly aimed to highlight the development Challenges and successes of the SIDS. In 2014, the World Environment Day focused on global warming and its impact on ocean levels.[32] The Slogan of the WED 2014 is "Raise your voice not the sea level", as Barbados hosted the global celebrations of the 42nd edition of the World Environment Day.[33][34] The UN Environment Programme named actor Ian Somerhalder as the official Goodwill ambassador of the WED 2014.[35]

### 2015

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The Slogan of the 2015 edition of the World Environment Day was "Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care". The slogan was picked through a voting process on social media.[36][37] In Saudi Arabia, 15 women recycled 2000 plastic bags to crochet a mural in support of the WED 2015.[38] In India, Narendra Modi planted a Kadamb sapling to celebrate the World Environment Day and raise awareness for Environment.[39][40] Italy is the host country of the 43rd edition of the WED. The celebrations took place as part of Milan Expo around the theme: Feeding the Planet – Energy for Life.[41]

### 2016

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The 2016 WED was organized under the theme "Go wild for life". This edition of the WED aimed to reduce and prevent the illegal trade in wildlife.[42] Angola was chosen as the host country of the 2016 WED during the COP21 in Paris.[43][44]

### 2017

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Activities for World Environment Day in Bhopal, India

The theme for 2017 was "Connecting People to Nature – in the city and on the land, from the poles to the equator". The host nation was Canada.[45]

### 2018

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The theme for 2018 was "Beat Plastic Pollution". The host nation was India.[46] By choosing this theme, it is hoped that people may strive to change their everyday lives to reduce the heavy burden of plastic pollution. People should be free from the over-reliance on single-use or disposables, as they have severe environmental consequences. We should liberate our natural places, our wildlife and our own health from plastics.[47] The Indian government pledged to eliminate all single use of plastic in India by 2022.[48]

### 2019

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The theme for 2019 was "Beat Air Pollution". The host nation was China. This theme was chosen as air pollution causes about 7 million premature deaths annually.[49]

In Réunion Island, Miss Earth 2018 Nguyễn Phương Khánh from Vietnam delivered her speech during World Environment Day with the theme "How to fight global warming".[50]

### 2020

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The theme for 2020 was "Time for Nature", and was hosted in Colombia in partnership with Germany.[12]

Colombia is one of the largest megadiverse countries in the world and holds close to 10% of the planet's biodiversity. Since it is part of the Amazon rainforest, Colombia ranks first in bird and orchid species diversity and second in plants, butterflies, freshwater fish, and amphibians.

### 2021

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The theme for 2021 was "Ecosystem Restoration",[51] and was hosted by Pakistan. On this occasion UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration was also launched.[52][53]

### 2022

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The theme for 2022 was "Only One Earth" and the event was hosted by Sweden.

### 2023

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The theme for 2023 was "Solution to plastic pollution" and the event was hosted by Ivory Coast. It is a reminder that people's actions on plastic pollution matters. The steps governments and businesses are taking to tackle plastic pollution are the consequence of this action. It is time to accelerate this action and transition to a circular economy.[54]

## Celebrations

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### 1981 World Environment Day celebration

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On 5 June 1981, World Environment Day 1981 was celebrated.[by whom?][citation needed]

### 2022 World Environment Day celebration

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On 5 June 2022, millions of people in multiple different countries across the whole world celebrated World Environment Day 2022 despite the COVID-19 pandemic.[citation needed]

## World Environment Day edition dates

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### 1981 and earlier

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Edition number | Date | Also known as | Day of the Week

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1st | 5 June 1973 | World Environment Day 1973 | Tuesday
2nd | 5 June 1974 | World Environment Day 1974 | Wednesday
3rd | 5 June 1975 | World Environment Day 1975 | Thursday
4th | 5 June 1976 | World Environment Day 1976 | Saturday
5th | 5 June 1977 | World Environment Day 1977 | Sunday
6th | 5 June 1978 | World Environment Day 1978 | Monday
7th | 5 June 1979 | World Environment Day 1979 | Tuesday
8th | 5 June 1980 | World Environment Day 1980 | Thursday
9th | 5 June 1981 | World Environment Day 1981 | Friday

### 1982–2021 (Post-1981 and pre-2022)

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Edition number | Date | Also known as | Day of the Week

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10th | 5 June 1982 | World Environment Day 1982 | Saturday
11th | 5 June 1983 | World Environment Day 1983 | Sunday
12th | 5 June 1984 | World Environment Day 1984 | Tuesday
13th | 5 June 1985 | World Environment Day 1985 | Wednesday
14th | 5 June 1986 | World Environment Day 1986 | Thursday
15th | 5 June 1987 | World Environment Day 1987 | Friday
16th | 5 June 1988 | World Environment Day 1988 | Sunday
17th | 5 June 1989 | World Environment Day 1989 | Monday
18th | 5 June 1990 | World Environment Day 1990 | Tuesday
19th | 5 June 1991 | World Environment Day 1991 | Wednesday
20th | 5 June 1992 | World Environment Day 1992 | Friday
21st | 5 June 1993 | World Environment Day 1993 | Saturday
22nd | 5 June 1994 | World Environment Day 1994 | Sunday
23rd | 5 June 1995 | World Environment Day 1995 | Monday
24th | 5 June 1996 | World Environment Day 1996 | Wednesday
25th | 5 June 1997 | World Environment Day 1997 | Thursday
26th | 5 June 1998 | World Environment Day 1998 | Friday
27th | 5 June 1999 | World Environment Day 1999 | Saturday
28th | 5 June 2000 | World Environment Day 2000 | Monday
29th | 5 June 2001 | World Environment Day 2001 | Tuesday
30th | 5 June 2002 | World Environment Day 2002 | Wednesday
31st | 5 June 2003 | World Environment Day 2003 | Thursday
32nd | 5 June 2004 | World Environment Day 2004 | Saturday
33rd | 5 June 2005 | World Environment Day 2005 | Sunday
34th | 5 June 2006 | World Environment Day 2006 | Monday
35th | 5 June 2007 | World Environment Day 2007 | Tuesday
36th | 5 June 2008 | World Environment Day 2008 | Thursday
37th | 5 June 2009 | World Environment Day 2009 | Friday
38th | 5 June 2010 | World Environment Day 2010 | Saturday
39th | 5 June 2011 | World Environment Day 2011 | Sunday
40th | 5 June 2012 | World Environment Day 2012 | Tuesday
41st | 5 June 2013 | World Environment Day 2013 | Wednesday
42nd | 5 June 2014 | World Environment Day 2014 | Thursday
43rd | 5 June 2015 | World Environment Day 2015 | Friday
44th | 5 June 2016 | World Environment Day 2016 | Sunday
45th | 5 June 2017 | World Environment Day 2017 | Monday
46th | 5 June 2018 | World Environment Day 2018 | Tuesday
47th | 5 June 2019 | World Environment Day 2019 | Wednesday
48th | 5 June 2020 | World Environment Day 2020 | Friday
49th | 5 June 2021 | World Environment Day 2021 | Saturday

### 2022 and later

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Edition number | Date | Also known as | Day of the Week

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50th | 5 June 2022 | World Environment Day 2022 | Sunday
51st | 5 June 2023 | World Environment Day 2023 | Monday
52nd | 5 June 2024 | World Environment Day 2024 | Wednesday
53rd | 5 June 2025 | World Environment Day 2025 | Thursday
54th | 5 June 2026 | World Environment Day 2026 | Friday
55th | 5 June 2027 | World Environment Day 2027 | Saturday
56th | 5 June 2028 | World Environment Day 2028 | Monday
57th | 5 June 2029 | World Environment Day 2029 | Tuesday
58th | 5 June 2030 | World Environment Day 2030 | Wednesday
59th | 5 June 2031 | World Environment Day 2031 | Thursday
60th | 5 June 2032 | World Environment Day 2032 | Saturday
61st | 5 June 2033 | World Environment Day 2033 | Sunday
62nd | 5 June 2034 | World Environment Day 2034 | Monday
63rd | 5 June 2035 | World Environment Day 2035 | Tuesday
64th | 5 June 2036 | World Environment Day 2036 | Thursday
65th | 5 June 2037 | World Environment Day 2037 | Friday
66th | 5 June 2038 | World Environment Day 2038 | Saturday
67th | 5 June 2039 | World Environment Day 2039 | Sunday
68th | 5 June 2040 | World Environment Day 2040 | Tuesday
69th | 5 June 2041 | World Environment Day 2041 | Wednesday
70th | 5 June 2042 | World Environment Day 2042 | Thursday
71st | 5 June 2043 | World Environment Day 2043 | Friday
72nd | 5 June 2044 | World Environment Day 2044 | Sunday
73rd | 5 June 2045 | World Environment Day 2045 | Monday
74th | 5 June 2046 | World Environment Day 2046 | Tuesday
75th | 5 June 2047 | World Environment Day 2047 | Wednesday
76th | 5 June 2048 | World Environment Day 2048 | Friday
77th | 5 June 2049 | World Environment Day 2049 | Saturday

## See also

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* Environment portal

* Arbor Day
* Earth Day
* Index of environmental articles
* List of environmental dates
* List of environmental protests
* United Nations Conference on the Human Environment

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Environmentalism

* Outline of environmentalism

Key topics|

* Climate justice
* Ecological crisis
* Environmental conflict
* Environmental movement
* History
* List of environmental conflicts
* Organizations
* Environmental studies
* Human impact on the environment

Disciplines|

* Communication
* Ecology
* Education
* Ethics
* Health
* History
* Humanities
* Law
* Philosophy
* Politics
* Psychology
* Religion
* Science
* Social science
* Sociology

Views|

| Philosophical|

* Political ecology
* Environmental philosophy
* Biocentrism
* Deep ecology
* Earth jurisprudence
* Ecocentrism
* Resacralization of nature
* Social ecology

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Political|

* Bioconservatism
* Bright green environmentalism
* Disinvestment
* Eco-capitalism
* Ecofascism
* Ecofeminism
* Eco-nationalism
* Eco-socialism
* Eco-terrorism
* Ecomodernism
* Free-market environmentalism
* Green anarchism
* Green conservatism
* Green left
* Green liberalism
* Green libertarianism
* Green politics
* Green syndicalism
* War on coal

Religious|

* Ecotheology
* Christianity
* Evangelical
* Islam
* Judaism
* Stewardship (theology)

Opposition|

* Anti-environmentalism
* Environmental skepticism
* List of environmental killings

* Biophilia hypothesis
* Environmentalism of the poor
* Environmental stewardship
* Hardline
* Nature conservation
* Radical environmentalism

Offshoots|

* Anti-fracking movement
* Anti-nuclear movement
* Car-free movement
* Climate movement
* Conservation movement
* Cultural environmentalism
* Degrowth
* Earth Optimism
* Eco-anxiety
* Ecological grief
* Environmental defender
* Environmental justice
* Ethical banking
* Ethical consumerism
* Flight shame
* Impact investing
* Product stewardship
* Slow movement
* Sustainability organization

Goals|

* Circular economy
* Climate action
* Climate change mitigation
* Conservation community
* Ecological civilization
* Environmental personhood
* Environmental protection
* Environmental policy
* Environmental, social, and corporate governance
* Environmentally friendly
* Greening
* Green economy
* Greenwashing
* Natural resource management
* Environmental resource management
* Rights of nature
* Short-haul flight ban
* Sustainability
* Vegetarianism
* Protests
* Tree sitting

By country|

* Albania
* Australia
* Brazil
* Rio Grande do Sul
* China
* Anti-incinerator movement
* India
* Chipko movement
* Israel
* New Zealand
* Philippines
* South Africa
* Switzerland
* United Kingdom
* United States

In culture|

* Art
* Books
* Ecofiction
* Conspicuous conservation
* Film
* list
* festivals
* horror
* Journalism
* The Lord of the Rings
* Music
* Ecomusicology
* Motorsport
* Sculpture
* Surfing
* Tourism
* Eco hotel
* Publications

Environmentalists|

* Environmentalist
* Environmental defender
* Water protector

| Notable people|

* Sunderlal Bahuguna
* Murray Bookchin
* David Brower
* Rachel Carson
* Jacques Cousteau
* Ng Cho-nam
* Tim Flannery
* Al Gore
* Aldo Leopold
* Wangari Maathai
* Seyyed Hossein Nasr
* Chico Mendes
* John Muir
* Theodore Roosevelt
* Shōzō Tanaka
* Greta Thunberg

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Related topics|

* Barriers to pro-environmental behaviour
* Business ethics
* Land ethic
* Lifeboat ethics
* Tragedy of the commons

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Conservation of species

* Index of conservation articles

Conservation
biology|

* Biodiversity
* Captive breeding
* Compassionate conservation
* Conservation behavior
* Conservation-dependent species
* Conservation genetics
* Conservation-induced extinction
* Conservation status
* Endemism
* Ex-situ conservation
* Extinction threshold
* In-situ conservation
* Latent extinction risk
* Marine conservation
* Mutualisms and conservation
* Nature conservation
* Nuisance wildlife
* Pest
* Vermin
* Conservation biology of parasites
* Species translocation
* Conservation welfare
* Threatened species
* Vulnerability and susceptibility

Approaches|

* Conservation agriculture
* Conservation development
* Conservation finance
* Conservation grazing
* Conservation management system
* Conservation movement
* Conservation photography
* Conservation psychology
* Conspicuous conservation
* Community-based conservation
* Ecoregion conservation status
* Environmental protection
* Evidence-based conservation
* Flagship species
* Forest management
* Forest protection
* Tropical rainforest conservation
* Integrated Conservation and Development Project
* Other effective area-based conservation measures
* Riparian buffer
* Roadless area conservation
* Roadside conservation
* Site-based conservation
* Wetland conservation

Protected
areas|

* Conservation designation
* Conservation district
* Conservation easement
* Conservation reserve
* Gap analysis
* Habitat conservation
* High conservation value area
* Landscape-scale conservation
* Marine protected area
* Marxan
* Open space reserve
* Wildlife corridor
* 30 by 30 target

Key issues|

* Conservation refugee
* Fortress conservation
* Habitat fragmentation
* Human–wildlife conflict

Restoration|

* Assisted natural regeneration
* Ecosystem restoration
* Island restoration
* Reforestation
* afforestation
* Rewilding
* marine
* Species reintroduction

By taxon|

* Arthropod
* Bird
* Hawaiian honeycreeper
* Raptor
* Golden eagle
* Fungi
* Land mammal
* American bison
* Arabian oryx
* Bear
* Polar bear
* Cheetah
* Elephant
* Indian elephant
* Slow loris
* Tiger
* Bengal Tiger
* Wolf
* Marine
* Dolphin
* Gray nurse shark
* Manatee
* Painted turtle
* Salmon
* Sea otter
* Plant
* Seed bank
* Cryopreservation

By country|

* Angola
* Australia
* Belize
* Brazil
* Canada
* Central African Republic
* Costa Rica
* Hong Kong
* Iceland
* India
* Indonesia
* Ireland
* Italy
* Malaysia
* Mauritius
* Namibia
* New Zealand
* Pakistan
* Papua New Guinea
* South Sudan
* Sweden
* Uganda
* United Kingdom
* Scotland
* United States
* forests

Related|

* Conservation officer
* De-extinction
* Planetary boundaries
* IUCN Red List
* NatureServe conservation status
* Special Area of Conservation
* Soil conservation

* List of conservation issues
* List of organisations
* List of people
* Category

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Human impact on the environment

General|

* Anthropocene
* Ecological footprint
* Environmental impact assessment
* Environmental issues
* list of issues
* Human impact
* on marine life
* List of global issues
* Impact assessment
* Planetary boundaries
* Social ecology (ethics)

Causes|

* Causes of climate change
* Agriculture
* animal agriculture
* cannabis cultivation
* irrigation
* meat production
* cocoa production
* palm oil
* (US)
* Bitcoin
* Corporate behavior
* Deforestation and climate change
* Energy industry
* biofuels
* biodiesel
* coal
* electricity
* energy
* fashion
* fracking (US)
* nuclear power
* oil shale
* petroleum
* reservoirs
* transport
* Genetic pollution
* Environmental crime
* Explosives
* Industrialisation
* Land use
* Manufacturing
* cleaning agents
* concrete
* fashion
* plastics
* nanotechnology
* paint
* paper
* pesticides
* pharmaceuticals and personal care
* Marine life
* fishing
* fishing down the food web
* marine pollution
* overfishing
* Mining
* Overconsumption
* Overdrafting
* Overexploitation
* Overgrazing
* Particulates
* Pollution
* Quarrying
* Reservoirs
* Tourism
* Transport
* aviation
* rail
* roads
* shipping
* Urbanization
* urban sprawl
* War

Effects|

* Biodiversity threats
* biodiversity loss
* decline in amphibian populations
* decline in insect populations
* Climate change
* runaway climate change
* in the United States
* Deforestation
* Defaunation
* Desertification
* Ecocide
* Ecological crisis
* Effects of climate change
* Effects of climate change on agriculture
* Multiple breadbasket failure
* Effects of climate change on livestock
* Environmental insecurity
* Environmental issues in the United States
* Coral reefs
* Externality
* Forest dieback
* Environmental degradation
* Erosion
* Freshwater cycle
* Greenhouse gas emissions
* Habitat destruction
* Holocene extinction
* Nitrogen cycle
* Land degradation
* Land consumption
* Land surface effects on climate
* Loss and damage
* Loss of green belts
* Phosphorus cycle
* Ocean acidification
* Ozone depletion
* Resource depletion
* Technofossilization
* Tropical cyclones and climate change
* Water degradation
* Water pollution
* Water scarcity

Mitigation|

* Alternative fuel vehicle propulsion
* Birth control
* Cleaner production
* Climate change mitigation
* Community resilience
* Cultured meat
* Decoupling
* Ecological engineering
* Environmental engineering
* Environmental mitigation
* Industrial ecology
* Mitigation banking
* Organic farming
* Recycling
* Reforestation
* urban
* Restoration ecology
* Sustainability
* Sustainable consumption
* Waste minimization

* Commons
* Category
* by country
* assessment
* mitigation

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Sustainability

* Outline
* Index

Principles|

* Anthropocene
* Environmentalism
* Global governance
* Human impact on the environment
* Planetary boundaries
* Development

Consumption|

* Anthropization
* Anti-consumerism
* Circular economy
* Durable good
* Earth Overshoot Day
* Ecological footprint
* Ethical
* Green consumption
* Micro-sustainability
* Over-consumption
* Product stewardship
* Simple living
* Social return on investment
* Steady-state economy
* Sustainability
* Advertising
* Brand
* Marketing myopia
* Sustainable
* Consumer behaviour
* Market
* Systemic change resistance
* Tragedy of the commons

World population|

* Demographic transition
* Family planning
* Control
* Sustainable population

Technology|

* Appropriate
* Environmental technology
* Natural building
* Sustainable architecture
* Sustainable design
* Sustainable industries
* Sustainable packaging

Biodiversity|

* Biosecurity
* Biosphere
* Conservation biology
* Endangered species
* Holocene extinction
* Invasive species

Energy|

* Carbon footprint
* Renewable energy
* Sustainable energy

Food|

* Civic agriculture
* Climate-smart agriculture
* Community-supported agriculture
* Cultured meat
* Sustainable agriculture
* Sustainable diet
* Sustainable fishery

Water|

* Air well (condenser)
* Bioretention
* Bioswale
* Blue roof
* Catchwater
* Constructed wetland
* Detention basin
* Dew pond
* Footprint
* Hydroelectricity
* Hydropower
* Infiltration basin
* Irrigation tank
* Marine energy
* Micro hydro
* Ocean thermal energy conversion
* Pico hydro
* Rain garden
* Rainwater harvesting
* Rainwater tank
* Reclaimed water
* Retention basin
* Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity
* Scarcity
* Security
* Small hydro
* Sustainable drainage system
* Tidal power
* Tidal stream generator
* Tree box filter
* Water conservation
* Water heat recycling
* Water recycling shower
* Water-sensitive urban design

Accountability|

* Corporate environmental responsibility
* Corporate social responsibility
* Environmental accounting
* Environmental full-cost accounting
* Environmental planning
* Sustainability
* Accounting
* Measurement
* Metrics and indices
* Reporting
* Standards and certification
* Sustainable yield

Applications|

* Advertising
* Art
* Business
* City
* Climate finance
* Community
* Disinvestment
* Eco-capitalism
* Eco-cities
* Eco-investing
* Eco-socialism
* Ecovillage
* Environmental finance
* Green economy
* Construction
* Fashion
* Finance
* Gardening
* Geopark
* Green
* Development
* Infrastructure
* Marketing
* Green roof
* Greening
* Impact investing
* Landscape
* Livelihood
* Living
* Market
* Organic movement
* Organizations
* Procurement
* Refurbishment
* Socially responsible business
* Socially responsible marketing
* Sanitation
* Sourcing
* Space
* Sustainability organization
* Tourism
* Transport
* Urban drainage systems
* Urban infrastructure

Sustainable management|

* Environmental
* Fisheries
* Forest
* Humanistic capitalism
* Landscape
* Materials
* Natural resource
* Planetary
* Recycling
* Waste

Agreements and
conferences|

* UN Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm 1972)
* Brundtlandt Commission Report (1983)
* Our Common Future (1987)
* Earth Summit (1992)
* Rio Declaration on Environment and Development (1992)
* Agenda 21 (1992)
* Convention on Biological Diversity (1992)
* Lisbon Principles (1997)
* Earth Charter (2000)
* UN Millennium Declaration (2000)
* Earth Summit 2002 (Rio+10, Johannesburg)
* UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20, 2012)
* Sustainable Development Goals (2015)

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