IMPORTANT ECO-DAYS, WEEKS, YEARS and DECADES

Designed by: Nidhi Mishra/ Indian Express

 January

31 January – International Zebra Day


February

2 February – World Ostrich Day; World Wetland Day

14 February – World Bonobo Day

15 February – World Hippopotamus Day

25 February – World  Sustainable Energy Day

27 February – International Polar Bear Day

28 February – National Science Day

World Pangolin Day – Third Saturday of February

First Week of February in U.S. – National Green Week


March

3 March – World Wildlife Day; 

14 March – International Day of the Action for Rivers

15 March – Buzzards Day

16 March – National Panda Day

18 March – Global Recycling Day

19 March – Taxonomist Appreciation Day

 20 March – World Sparrow Day; World Frog Day

21 March – International Day of Forests or, World Forestry Day; World Planting Day; World Wood Day

22 March – World Water Day; International Seal Day

23 March – World Bear Day; World Meterological Day

Solar Appreciation Day – Second Friday of March

Manatee Appreciation Day – Last Wednesday in March 


April

7 April – International Beaver Day

8 April – Zoo Lovers Day

10 April – Arbor Day

17 April – Bat Appreciation Day

18 April – World  Heritage Day

21 April – World Fish Migration Day

22 April – Earth Day

24 April – Laboratory Animals Day

27 April – World Tapir Day; International Hyena Day

29 April – Day of Remembrance for All Victims of Chemical Warfare 

April 18 to April 22 – Green Office Week

Week of New Moon in April – National  Dark Sky  Week    


May

2 May – World Tuna Day

 3 May – International Leopard Day; Wild Koala Day; International Energy Day (International Sun Day)

4 May – Greenery Day (in Japan) 

8 May – World Donkey Day

20 May – World Bee Day

22 May – International Day for Biological Diversity

 23 May – World Turtle Day

24 May – European Day of Parks

27 May – World Otter Day

31 May – World No Tobacco Day; World Parrot Day

Green Up Day – First Saturday in Vermont

World Migratory Birds Day – Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean

Endangered Species Day – Third Friday of May

Bike-to-Work Day – Third Friday of May


June

5 June – World Environment Day

8 June – World Oceans Day

9 June – Coral Triangle Day

12 June – World Cougar Day/ World Puma Day

15 June – Global Wind Day

16 June – World Sea Turtle Day

17 June – World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought; World Crocodile Day

21 June – World Giraffe Day; International Climate Change Day

22 June – World Camel Day; World Rainforest Day

26 June – International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

June 1 to June 8 – World Oceans Week

Second Week of June – Bike Week

June 20 to June 26 – Recycle Week

Third Week of June –  National Pollinator Week

June 22 to June 28 –  Mosquito Awareness Week


July

11 July – World Population Day

14 July – Shark Awareness Day; World Chimpanzee Day; World Orca Day

26 July –  International Mangrove Day

28 July – World Nature Conservation Day

29 July – International Tiger Day

31 July – World Ranger Day/ International Ranger Federation

July 1 to July 7 – Vanmahotsava (World Plantation Week); National Clean Beaches Week


August

1 August – World Breast Feeding Day

4 August – International Clouded Leopard Day

6 August – Hiroshima Day

10 August – World Lion Day

12 August – World Elephant Day; World HirolaDay

13 August – International Wolf Day

15 August – National Honey Bee Day

19 August – World Orangutan Day

20 August – Malaria Day (Mosquito Day)

26 August – World African Wild Dog Day

30 August – International Whale Shark Day

First Week of August –  Breast Feeding Week

August 16 to August 22 – Keep Australia Beautiful Week 2021


September

1 September – Japan Dolphin Day

5 September – Amazon Rainforest Day

16 September – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

18 September – World Water Monitoring Day

21 September – Zero Emissions Day

22 September – Car free Day; World Rhino Day

23 September – Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day)

24 September – World Gorilla Day

26 September – World Environmental Health Day; World Cassowary Day

International Vulture Awareness Day – First Saturday of September

World Cleanup Day – Third Saturday in September

National Cleanup Day – Third Saturday in September

International Red Panda Day – Third Saturday in September

World Rivers Day – Last Sunday of September

First Week of September – Zero Waste Week

September 16 to September 22 – European Mobility Week; Science Literacy Week


October

2 October – World Farm Animals Day; World Vegetarian Day

3 October – World Nature Day

4 October – World Animal Day

13 October – International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

14 October – International E-Waste Day

16 October – World Food Day

18 October – World Okapi Day

20 October – International Sloth Day

21 October – National Reptile Awareness Day

22 October – International Wombat Day

23 October – International Snow Leopard Day

24 October — Freshwater Dolphin Day; International Gibbon Day; International Day of Climate Action

World Habitat Day – First Monday of October

Energy Efficiency Day – First Wednesday in October

Sustainability Day – Fourth Wednesday of October

World Lemur Day – Last Friday of October

World Migratory Birds Day – Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean; Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada 

First Week of October- World Wildlife Week


November

1 November – World Vegan Day

6 November – International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

15 November – America Recycles Day

21 November – World Fisheries Day

29 November – International Jaguar Day

National Bison Day – First Saturday in November

November 20 to November 28 – European Week for Waste Reduction 2021


December

2 December – World Pollution Prevention Day

3 December – World Conservation Day

4 December – International Cheetah Day

5 December – World Soil Day

11 Decembe – International Mountain Day

14 December – Monkey Day; National Energy Conservation Day

23 December – National Farmer’s Day or, KisanDivas


Iconic Environmental Years

International Polar Year: 1882-1883

International Polar Year: 1932-1933

World Population Year: 1974

International Year of the Child: 1979

International Year of the Ocean: 1998

International Year of Mountains: 2002

International Year of Ecotourism: 2002

 International Year of Freshwater: 2003

International Year of Deserts and Desertification:   2006

International Year of the Dolphin: 2007 – 2008

International Polar Year: 2007 – 2009

International Year of Planet Earth: 2008

International Year of Sanitation: 2008

International Year of Natural Fibres: 2009

Year of the Gorilla: 2009

International Year of Biodiversity: 2010

International Year of Forests: 2011

International Year of Soils: 2015 

International Year of Pulses: 2016

International Year of the Sustainable Tourism for All: 2017

International Year of the Indigenous Languages: 2019


Special Environmental Decades

International Drinking Water Decade: 1981 – 1990

International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction: 1991 – 2000

United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development: 2005 – 2014

Water for Life Decade: 2005 – 2015

United Nations Decade on Biodiversity: 2011 – 2020

United Nations Decade for the Deserts and the Fight against Desertification: 2010 – 2020

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