The world is wildFlora and Fauna Day
Do you know? World Wildlife Day is celebrated on March 3 every year, and today is the 11th World Wildlife Day"Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovations in Wildlife Conservation".The Chinese theme is"Building a smart wildlife protection system".
The International Convention on Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was signed on March 3, 1973 in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. In 2013, the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly decided to designate March 3 as World Wildlife Day as World Wildlife Day.
3 March 2024 World Wildlife Day
World Wildlife Day aims to raise awareness of the world's wildlife and promote the protection of wildlife, the ecological balance and the protection of the planet on which people and wildlife depend. In addition, World Wildlife Day celebrates wildlife as an irreplaceable part of the Earth's natural system and raises a deeper understanding of the benefits of wildlife conservation for humanity.
What does wildlife consist of?
Wildlife includes:WildlifewithWild plants
Wildlife
refers to rare and endangered terrestrial and aquatic wildlife and terrestrial wildlife that are beneficial or have important economic and scientific research value.
Wild plants
It refers to the precious plants that grow naturally in their native places and the endangered and rare plants that grow naturally in their native places and have important economic, scientific and cultural value.
Wild animals and plants are an important part of the ecosystem, and protecting them is conducive to maintaining ecological balance and biodiversity, and promoting the harmonious coexistence of man and nature.
Wildlife conservation
What should we do?
Comply with laws and regulations such as the "Wildlife Protection of the People's Republic of China" and the "Regulations of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Wild Plants".
Refuse to eat wild animals, and do not indiscriminately hunt or kill wild animals.
Do not cut down trees indiscriminately, so that a good forest ecological environment can become a habitat and shelter for wild animals and plants.
Refuse to use, trade or trade wildlife products.
Rare and endangered wild plants are not collected.
Caring for the natural environment and actively participating in wildlife conservation activities.
Everyone should take action to actively persuade and stop and report all kinds of behaviors that destroy forests and harm wild animals, and be a good example of biodiversity conservation.
*: Xi'an Ecological Environment Editor-in-charge: Yan Han.