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“Many Species. One Planet. One Future” World Environment Day 2010

World Environment Day 2010 (WED) is a day that stimulates awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and public action. It is on 5 June. It was the day that United Nations Conference on the Human Environment began.

World Environment Day 2010 (WED), which aims to be the biggest global celebration for positive environmental action, is coordinated by UNEP every year on 5 June.
This year's theme is 'Many Species. One Planet. One Future.' - a message focusing on the central importance to humanity of the globe's wealth of species and ecosystems. The WED theme also supports this year's UN International Year of Biodiversity.

The theme of WED 2010 is “Many Species. One Planet. One Future.” It echoes the urgent call to conserve the diversity of life on our planet.  A world without biodiversity is a very bleak prospect. Millions of people and millions of species all share the same planet, and only together can we enjoy a safer and more prosperous future. 

As we celebrate WED, let us consider carefully the actions each of us must take, and then address ourselves to our common task of preserving all life on Earth.

Pakistan Wetlands Programme WWF has carried out array of activities all over Pakistan. In these activities we organized walks, schools children visits, speech, art competitions, showed promo, fishermen debate, media journalists visits, religious leaders outreach, disaster awareness on Hunza Lake, awareness on turtle killings, dolphin, migratory birds, and reports in media.

These activities were mostly took place in the wetlands communities like Gwader Balochistan, Chitral Phakhtoonkha, Hunza Lake Northern Areas, Kalar Kahar Salt Range Punjab, Kotadu, Central Indus Wetlands Centre, and Pakistan National Council of Arts Islamabad. In Islamabad Minister for Environment attended and enjoyed the whole event and UNDP representative Abdul Qadir Rifiq conveyed Secretary General’s message.

Through WED, we can employ our individual and collective power to stem the tide of extinction. Our conservation action has brought some species back from the brink, and has restored some vital natural habitats around the world. On WED, let us resolve to do much more, and much faster, to win the race against extinction!

World Environment Day is dedicated to raise awareness regarding environment among the common masses. We, the common people can do our little bit in order to save our earth from the effects of global warming.     
      
Here are a few small things that we can do this World Environment Day to make a big difference.

•    We should avoid shopping things those are not required;
•    We should make use of car pools. It is even better if we use public transport more often;
•    We should prevent water wastage;
•    The use of air conditioners should be lowered;
•    We should follow the three R's: recycle, reuse and refuse;
•    We should prefer more eco-friendly things;
•    We should switch off the lights, fans and other electric device when not in use;
•    We should plant more and more trees;
•    We should avoid littering and use dust-bins; 
•    Say no to using and exchanging polythene bags or proper disposal;
•    We should be a part of an anti global warming drive in our respective city, town or may be block.

Nasir Malik
Coordinator, Awareness-raising and Communication
Pakistan Wetlands Programme WWF

nimalik@wwf.org.pk