World Water Day 2017

World Water Day 2017

World Water Day 2017 will be celebrated all over the world on 22^nd of March, at Wednesday.

World Water Day History

World Water Day is celebrated every year on 22^nd of March by the people all across the world. The day was established to be celebrated as an annual event in the year 1993 by the decision of the United Nations General Assembly. This campaign was declared as a World Day for Water to be celebrated on 22^nd of March each year to increase the awareness among the people about the importance, need and conservation of water.

It was first officially added in the schedule 21 of the year 1992 “United Nations Conference on Environment and Development” in the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and celebration was started from the year 1993 to motivate the general public in order to get their support in water conservation by avoiding the use of their taps for whole day.

Why World Water Day is Celebrated

The United Nation including member nations celebrate this campaign by implementing the UN recommendations as well as promoting the global water conservation through the real activities. This campaign is specially promoted by one of the UN agencies every year which involves encouraging the people to listen and understand about the water issues as well as coordinating with the international activities for the World Water Day. Since the beginning of this event celebration the UN-Water has been responsible for the selection of World Water Day theme, distribution of global messages as well as leading the UN agencies for celebrating the World Day for Water.

Including the UN member states and agencies, various NGOs and non government organizations also become involved in the promotion of clean water conservation focusing the public attention over all the critical issues of water. During this event celebration, all the water issues are highlighted to the public such as how people are inaccessible to the safe water and etc.

How World Water Day is Celebrated

World water day is celebrated throughout the world to increase the awareness of people towards the importance of water in various field of life including the environment, health, agriculture and trade. It is celebrated by organizing variety of events and activities such as visual art, theatrical and musical celebrations of water, excursions to the local ponds, lakes, rivers and reservoirs, symposium at local, national and international level over water management and safety, distributing messages through TV and radio channels or internet, educational events based on the importance of clean water and conservative measures, competitions and so many activities. The main symbol of the World Water Day celebration is the shape of water drop of blue color.

World Water Day Themes

• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1993 was “Water for Cities”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1994 was “Caring for our Water Resources is Everybody’s Business”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1995 was “Women and Water”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1996 was “Water for Thirsty Cities”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1997 was “The World’s Water: Is there enough”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1998 was “Groundwater – The Invisible Resource”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 1999 was “Everyone Lives Downstream”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2000 was “Water for the 21st century”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2001 was “Water for Health”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2002 was “Water for Development”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2003 was “Water for Future”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2004 was “Water and Disasters”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2005 was “Water for Life 2005–2015”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2006 was “Water and Culture”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2007 was “Coping with Water Scarcity”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2008 was “Sanitation”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2009 was “Trans Waters”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2010 was “Clean Water for a Healthy World”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2011 was “Water for cities: responding to the urban challenge”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2012 was “Water and Food Security”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2013 was “Water Cooperation”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2014 was “Water and Energy”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2015 was “Water and Sustainable Development”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2016 was “Water and Jobs”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2017 is “Wastewater”.
• The theme for World Water Day celebration of the year 2018 would be “Nature-based Solutions for Water”.

World Forestry Day & World Poetry Day

 

World Poetry Day

World Poetry Day is a time to appreciate and support poets and poetry around the world. It is held on March 21 each year and is an initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). 

What Do People Do?

Many people around the world celebrate World Poetry Day on or around March 21 each year. Government agencies, educators, community groups and individuals get involved in promoting or participating in the day. World Poetry Day is an opportunity for children to be introduced to poetry in classrooms. It is a time when classrooms are busy with lessons related to poetry, in which students examine poets and learn about different types of poetry.

Poets may be invited to read and share their work to audiences at book stores, cafes, universities and schools. Awards and other forms or recognition are made to honor poets and their work. Exhibitions and poetry evenings are also be held to showcase the work of various poets on or around March 21 to coincide with World Poetry Day.

Background

In November 1999, UNESCO designated World Poetry Day to be held on March 21 each year.  The organization recognized the important role of poetry in the arts and in cultures throughout the world and over time. It also wanted the day to promote the efforts of small publishers with regard to publishing poetry. The day also focused on promoting a return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, as well as strengthening the association between poetry and other forms of expression, such as dance, music, and painting. The first World Poetry Day was held on March 21, 2000.

Symbols

Various works of poetry and images of poets are featured in various materials and forms of media to promote World Poetry Day each year. Exhibitions and other events are also held to showcase various forms of poetry on this day.

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World Forestry Day

World Forestry Day or International Day of Forests is celebrated worldwide every year on 21^st of March at the international level in order to increase the public awareness among communities about the values, significance and contributions of the forests to balance the life cycle on the earth.

World Forestry Day 2017

World forestry day 2017 will be celebrated on 21^st of March, at Tuesday.

History of World Forestry Day

The World Forestry Day was established in the year 1971 at the 23^rd General Assembly of European Confederation of Agriculture. And it was decided to be celebrated as an annual event celebration on 21^st of March by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. World Forestry Day was established in the Conference of States members of Food and Agriculture Organization by voting to establish it. This event was originated in well planned manner to give support in contributing towards the public awareness about the importance of the forests.

International Day of Forests was first established in the year 2012 on 28^th of November to be celebrated on 21^st of March every year by the decision of the United Nations General Assembly by uniting the two international commemorations; the World Forestry Day and Forest Day.

Like other branches of the agriculture, forestry is also an important field which requires the public attention to be taken. It is very necessary for the common public to understand the forest value in our daily lives as a raw material source, local employment source as well as the national income source. Forests plays great role in gathering and releasing the water on the earth and maintain the flora and fauna habitat balance. Forests are the natural beauty on the earth which is very necessary to be conserved to go everything in balance.

Why World Forestry Day is Celebrated

Forests are very essential part of the life on Earth. They always fulfill the demands of the human beings by providing shadow, shelter, refreshment including clean air and water. In the modern world of growing global population increases the demands of forest products so the forests are at big risks of deforestation and degradation.

Forests are the complex living community of the trees which provides home and shelter to a big range of animals and the soil beneath it inhabit the variety of invertebrates, fungi and bacteria playing significant role in balancing the nutrients cycle in the soil and forest. World forestry day celebration provides a big opportunity to all the people to learn more about their contributions in maintaining the well-being of people. During this event celebration people share their views and ideas by working together to incorporate the forests into future climate change strategies.

According to the resources it has been noted that there is an annual loss of around 13 million hectares or 32 million acres of the forests by the people. Loss of the forests enhances the loss of inhabitant animal species to the forest. Deforestation imbalances the balance of natural climate which lead to the global warming by increasing the CO2 and decreasing the O2 percentage all across the world.

Almost 30% of the total land worldwide is occupied by the forests containing over 60,000 tree species which are ultimately the great resources of the food, fuel, fodder, essential oils, resins, latex, gums, medicines, fiber, water, woods for the population of around 1.6 billion poorest people of the world.