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 (d) International and National Forestry-related Days
The first Arbor Day was evidently celebrated in Nebraska, USA in 1872. The FAO Conference
proposed in1971 that a World Forestry Day should be held in 21st March 1973, but it does
not
seem to have been acted upon by FAO1. There is a World Environment Day, 5 June, which
is
organised by UNEP. The theme for 2006 was Deserts and Desertification, and the slogan was
“Don’t desert drylands!” (see http://www.unep.org/wed/2006/english/
).
A number of countries have national forestry days. New Zealand has celebrated its national
Arbor Day since 1892, and since 1977 has celebrated it on June 5th yearly (http://www.doc.govt.nz/Community/002~Events/Arbor-Day/index.asp
). Malaysia celebrates
World Forestry Day on a date close to 21st March each year, with an appropriate theme; in
addition, each of the 12 States of the Malaysian Federation celebrates it too. The States of
Victoria and New South Wales in Australia celebrate World Forestry Day, the former on 27
September, the latter on 21st March every year - see http://www.mtc.com.my/news/
pr148.htm and http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/DSE/nrenfor.nsf/childdocs/
A full list of environment-related
days is at http://edugreen.teri.res.in/index.asp
although there is no indication of which
countries celebrate them.
1 A major problem in reinstating the World Forestry Day is finding a season suitable
for
planting trees for all countries
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