This is a calendar of recurring national and international days of interest.
You can use this to theme and time your events, projects and awareness campaigns.
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May 2020
National Biodiversity Week is all about connecting people with nature. It’s about communicating the importance of biodiversity and motivating people to play their part in protecting it. It’s also about entertaining them, showing the fun and wonder that can be found in nature, and inspiring people to learn more, see more, do more.
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May 2022
December 2022
International Animal Rights Day helps bring awareness to showing respect to animals and fighting for ending acts of cruelty against them.
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International Mountain Day is observed on December 11th. The increasing attention to the importance of mountains led the UN declare to 2002 the UN International Year of Mountains. The first international day was celebrated for the first time the following year, 2003. Mountains are home of the 15% of the world´s population and a quarter of the world’s land animals and plants. https://www.un.org/en/observances/mountain-day
Find out moreFebruary 2023
A call to take action for wetlands is the focus of this years’ campaign. It's an appeal to invest financial, human and political capital to save the world’s wetlands from disappearing and to restore those we have degraded. https://www.worldwetlandsday.org/
Find out moreIf you know of any other dates of interest please let us know and we will add them to the calendar. Email catherine@ien.ie.