WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY PRESENTATION DEEPANSHU

WORLD ENVIRONMENTAL DAY PRESENTATION

1. World Environment Day : 2020 DEEPANSHU VERMA CLASS – VIII C

2. INTRODUCTION World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5 in more than 100 countries. The World Environment Day provides an opportunity to broaden the “basis for an enlightened opinion and responsible conduct by individuals, enterprises and communities in preserving and enhancing the environment,”

3. ENVIRONMENT The environment “is the sum of the total of the elements, factors and conditions in the surroundings which may have an impact on the development, action or survival of an organism or group of organisms, such as, we human beings.” OR “It can also be defined as “ external surroundings and conditions which directly or indirectly affects the living organism ”

4. World Environment Day can be celebrated in many ways, activities such as clear up campaigns are popular and will be prominent this year, also concerts, conventions and parades, tree planting, and lectures. Promotional materials for the day tend to be created using natural environmental colours . CELEBRATIONS

5. Since its beginning in 1974, World Environment Day has developed into a global platform for raising awareness  through various themes. World Environment Day 2020 calls for urgent action to protect biodiversity.  Biodiversity describes the variety of life on Earth. It encompasses the 8 million species on the planet–from plants and animals to fungi and bacteria; the ecosystems that house them; and the genetic diversity among them. THEMES

6. Every World Environment Day is hosted by a different country, in which official celebrations take place. This year's host is Colombia in partnership with Germany. hostS

7. World Environment Day is not just a day to celebrate the wonders of the earth’s magnificent biodiversity and raise awareness about how we can save our planet from further harm, it is also a day of reckoning – a day to think about what we can do to make this world a better place to live in and how we can make a difference. SIGNIFICANCE

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