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05/06/2016

World Environment Day – Help Safeguard Species Under Threat

Human Wrongs Watch

5 June 2016 – Marking World Environment Day, which this year focuses on the illegal trade of wildlife, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is calling on everyone to “go wild for life” and take action to help safeguard species under threat for future generations.

Angola is turning to ecotourism to diversify its economy and protect wildlife. Photo: UNEP

“We have chosen this theme because damage from this trade has become so serious and so far reaching that urgent action is needed to reverse it,” UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner said in a video message on the occasion of the Day, celebrated annually on 5 June.

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