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This is a list of environmental dates which are designated for creating awareness of environmental issues.

Species awareness days highlight biodiversity, with the aim of increasing understanding and appreciation of the subject. Some of these days have been shown to cause a rise in information-seeking behaviour, and may lead to an increase in conservation fundraising by charities and advocacy groups.^[1]

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Environmental Date	Date(s)
National Bird Day	01-05: January 5
International Zebra Day^[3]^[4]^[5]	01-31: January 31
World Wetlands Day	02-02: February 2
World Ostrich Day^[6]^[7]	02-02: February 2
World Marmot Day^[8]^[9]	02-02: February 2
World Pangolin Day^[10]^[11]	02: Third Saturday of February
World Whale Day^[12]	02: Third Sunday of February
World Bonobo Day^[13]^[14]^[15]	02-14: February 14
World Hippopotamus Day^[16]	02-15: February 15
International Polar Bear Day	02-27: February 27
World Wildlife Day	03-03: March 3
Solar Appreciation Day^[17]^[18]^[19]	03: Second Friday of March
International Day of Action for Rivers^[20]	03-14: March 14
World Consumer Rights Day	03-15: March 15
Buzzards Day^[21]^[22]	03-15: March 15
Digital Cleanup Day^[23]	03-15: March 15 2025
National Panda Day^[24]^[25]^[26]	03-16: March 16
Global Recycling Day^[27]	03-18: March 18
World Serval Day^[28]	03-18: March 18
Taxonomist Appreciation Day^[29]	03-19 : March 19
World Sparrow Day	03-20: March 20
World Frog Day^[30]^[31]^[32]	03-20: March 20
World Rewilding Day^[33]	03-20: March 20
International Day of Forests	03-21: March 21
World Planting Day^[34]^[35]^[36]	03-21: March 21
World Wood Day^[37]	03-21: March 21
World Water Day	03-22: March 22
International Seal Day^[38]	03-22: March 22
World Meteorological Day	03-23: March 23
International Day of Zero Waste^[39]	03-30: March 30
Manatee Appreciation Day^[40]^[41]^[42]	03: Last Wednesday in March
World Aquatic Animal Day^[43]	04-03: April 3
World Rat Day^[44]^[45]^[46]	04-04: April 4
International Beaver Day^[47]^[48]	04-07: April 7
Zoo Lovers Day^[49]^[50]	04-08: April 8
Arbor Day	04-26: April 26
Bat Appreciation Day^[51]^[52]	04-17: April 17
Earth Day	04-22: April 22^[53]
International Pallas's Cat^[54]^[55]^[56]	04-23: April 23
World Day for Laboratory Animals	04-24: April 24
World Tapir Day^[57]^[58]^[59]	04-27: April 27
International Hyena Day^[60]^[61]	04-27: April 27
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare	04-29: April 29
Green Up Day	05: First Saturday of May in Vermont
World Tuna Day^[62]^[63]^[64]	05-02: May 2
International Leopard Day^[65]^[66]^[67]	05-03: May 3
Wild Koala Day^[68]^[69]	05-03: May 3
Greenery Day	05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29)
World Donkey Day^[70]	05-08: May 8
Go Public Gardens Days	Friday before to the Sunday after Mother's Day
World Migratory Bird Day^[71]	Second Saturday of May. Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
World Binturong Day^[72]	Second Saturday of May.
Endangered Species Day^[73]	05: Third Friday of May
Bike-to-Work Day	05: Third Friday of May
World Bee Day	05-20: May 20
International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day)	05-22: May 22
World Turtle Day	05-23: May 23
European Day of Parks – Europarc Federation^[74]	05-24: May 24
World Otter Day^[75]^[76]	05-25: May 25
World Dugong Day^[77]^[78]	05-28: May 28
Black Birders Week	05-29 May 29
World No Tobacco Day	05-31: May 31
World Parrot Day^[79]^[80]^[81]	05-31: May 31
World Reef Day^[82]^[83]	06-01: June 1
World Peatlands Day	06-02: June 2
World Bicycle Day^[84]	06-03: June 3
World Environment Day	06-05: June 5
Solomon Memorial Day	06-05: June 5
World Oceans Day	06-08: June 8
Coral Triangle Day	06-09: June 9
International Lynx Day^[85]^[86]	06-11: June 11
National Cougar Day^[87]	06-12: June 12
Global Wind Day	06-15: June 15
World Sea Turtle Day^[88]	06-16: June 16
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought	06-17: June 17
World Croc Day^[89]	06-17: June 17
World Horseshoe Crab Day^[90]^[91]	06-20: June 20
World Giraffe Day	06-21: June 21
World Camel Day^[92]^[93]^[94]	06-22: June 22
World Rainforest Day^[95]^[96]	06-22: June 22
Black Birders Week^[97]	06-24: June 24
World Decarbonisation Day	24-28: June 25
World Population Day	07-11: July 11
Shark Awareness Day^[98]^[99]^[100]^[101]	07-14: July 14
World Chimpanzee Day^[102]^[103]^[104]	07-14: July 14
World Orca Day^[105]	07-14: July 14
World Snake Day^[106]	07-16: July 16
International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems	07-26: July 26
World Nature Conservation Day^[107]^[108]^[109]	07-28: July 28
International Tiger Day	07-29: July 29
World Ranger Day – International Ranger Federation	07-31: July 31
International Clouded Leopard Day^[110]	08-04: August 4
International Moon Bear Day	08-08: August 8
World Lion Day^[111]	08-10: August 10
World Elephant Day	08-12: August 12
World Hirola Day^[112]	08-12: August 12
International Wolf Day^[113]^[114]	08-13: August 13
World Lizard Day^[115]^[116]	02-08: February 8
National Honey Bee Day	08-15: August 15
World Orangutan Day^[117]	08-19: August 19
World Mosquito Day	08-20: August 20
World African Wild Dog Day^[118]	08-26: August 26
International Whale Shark Day^[119]^[120]	08-30: August 30
World Beach Day, aka National Beach Day^[121]	09-01: September 1
International Primate Day^[122]	09-01: September 1
Japan Dolphin Day^[123]^[124]	09-01: September 1
Amazon Rainforest Day^[125]	09-05: September 5
International Vulture Awareness Day^[126]^[127]^[128]	09: First Saturday of September
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies	09-16: September 7
World Dolphin Day^[129]	09-12: September 12
International Colugo Day^[130]	09-15: September 15
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer	09-16: September 16
World Manta Day^[131]	09-17: September 17
World Water Monitoring Day	09-18: September 18
PARK(ing) Day^[de]^[132]^[133]^[134]	09: Third Friday in September
World Cleanup Day^[135]	09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September
National Cleanup Day^[136]	09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September
International Red Panda Day^[137]	09: Third Saturday of September
Zero Emissions Day^[138]	09-21: September 21
Car Free Day	09-22: September 22
World Rhino Day^[139]	09-22: September 22
National Hunting and Fishing Day^[140]	09-23: September 23
Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day)	09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding
World Gorilla Day^[141]^[142]^[143]	09-24: September 24
World Environmental Health Day^[144]	09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH)^[145]
World Cassowary Day^[146]^[147]	09-26: September 26
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste^[148]	09-29: September 29
World Rivers Day^[149]	09: Last Sunday of September
International Raccoon Appreciation Day^[150]	10-01: October 1
World Farm Animals Day^[151]	10-02: October 2
World Habitat Day	10: First Monday of October
World Animal Day	10-04: October 4
National Badger Day^[152]^[153]^[154]	10-06: October 6
World Octopus Day^[155]^[156]^[157]	10-08: October 8
Energy Efficiency Day^[158]	10: First Wednesday in October
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction	10-13: October 13
International E-Waste Day^[159]^[160]^[161]	10-14: October 14
International Sawfish Day^[162]	10-17: October 17
Stepping Stone Day^[163]	10-17: October 17
Sustainability Day!^[164]	10: Fourth Wednesday of October
World Okapi Day^[165]^[166]	10-18: October 18
International Sloth Day^[167]^[168]^[169]	10-20: October 20
National Reptile Awareness Day^[170]^[171]	10-21: October 21
World Earthworn Day^[172]^[173]	10-21: October 21
International Wombat Day^[174]^[175]^[176]	10-22: October 22
International Snow Leopard Day^[177]^[178]	10-23: October 23
Freshwater Dolphin Day^[179]	10-24: October 24
International Gibbon Day^[180]^[181]^[182]	10-24: October 24
International Day of Climate Action	10-24: October 24
World Lemur Day^[183]^[184]	10: Last Friday of October
World Ecology Day^[185]	11-01: November 1
World Vegan Day	11-01: November 1
World Basking Shark Day	11-03: November 3
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict	11-06: November 6
National Bison Day	11: First Saturday in November
America Recycles Day	11-15: November 15
World Fisheries Day^[186]	11-21: November 21
International Jaguar Day^[187]^[188]	11-29: November 29
International Cheetah Day^[189]^[190]	12-04: December 4
Wildlife Conservation Day^[191]	12-04: December 4
World Soil Day^[192]	12-05: December 5
International Mountain Day	12-11: December 11
Monkey Day	12-14: December 14
Ozone Action Day	Variable date depending weather conditions
eDay – Electronic Waste Day	Variable date, in New Zealand
World Fish Migration Day	Variable date (next one- 22 May 2022; last one- 24 October 2020)

Name	Date
tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness and Action Week^[193]	April 19–23, 2021
Great Backyard Bird Count	2019 date, February 15–18
Invasive Species Awareness Week^[194]	Last week of February
Green Office Week	2016 date, April 18–22
Keep Australia Beautiful Week^[195]	Last full week of August
National Green Week	02 (first week in February every year in the United States)
National Wildlife Week^[196]
National Dark-Sky Week	04 (week of new moon in April)
Bike to Work Week Victoria
National Pollinator Week^[197]	third week in June
Mosquito Awareness Week	June 22 to June 28^[198]
Plastic Free July^[199]	All July
National Clean Beaches Week^{[citation needed]}	July 1 to 7
Van Mohatsav Saptah (Forest Festival Week)^{[citation needed]}
Conservation Week
World Water Week	08-26: August 26–31
European Mobility Week	09–16 to 09–22: September 16 to 22
Bike Week	06: second week in June
Recycle Week^[200]	06: 20 to 26 June 2011
Zero Waste Week	first week of September
Green Office Week
European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR)	11: 9 days, last complete week in November
Science Literacy Week (Canada)^[201]	16–22: September
No Car Day	09: China, week of September 22
World Water Week in Stockholm	08 or 09: each year in August or September
National Op Shop Week (Australia)^{[citation needed]}	August 21–27
World Oceans Week^[202]	01–08: June
National Herbal Medicine Week	Each year for the last week in October^[203]
International Compost Awareness Week	First full week in May^[204]

Name	Date
International Polar Year	1882–1883
International Polar Year	1932–1933
International Year of the Child	1979
World Population Year	1974
International Year of the Ocean (IYO)	1998
International Year of Mountains (IYM)	2002
International Year of Ecotourism (IYE)	2002
International Year of Freshwater (IYF)	2003
International Year of Deserts and Desertification	2006
International Year of the Dolphin	2007–2008
International Polar Year	2007–2009
International Year of Planet Earth	2008
International Year of Sanitation	2008
International Year of Natural Fibres 2009	2009
Year of the Gorilla^[205]	2009
International Year of Biodiversity	2010
International Year of Forests	2011
International Year of Soils	2015
International Year of Pulses	2016
International Year of Sustainable tourism for all	2017
International Year of Indigenous languages	2019
International Year of Plant Health	2020
International Year of Fruits and Vegetables^[206]	2021

YEAR	EVENTS
2004	International year of rice
2005	International year of parthenium
2006	International year of desert and desertification
2007	International year of water
2008	International year of potato
2009	International year of natural fibres
2010	International year of biodiversity
2011	International year of forest
2012	International year of cooperative (Also celebrated as National year of horticulture)
2013	International year of water cooperation
2014	International year of family farming
2015	International year of soil and Light
2016	International year of pulses (theme- nutritious seed for sustainable agriculture)
2017	International year of sustainable tourism
2018	Recommended for International year of millets (Declared as National year of millets)
2019	International year of Indigenous language
2020	International Year of Plant Health
2021	International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. And also International Year of Fruits and Vegetables
2022	International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
2023	International year of Millets
2024	International Year of Camelids

Name	Date
International Drinking Water Decade, 1981–90	1980s
International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction	1990s
United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development	2005–2014
Water for Life Decade	2005–2015
United Nations Decade on Biodiversity	2011–2020
United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification	2010–2020
United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration	2021–2030

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List of environmental dates

Hours

Days of environment

Weeks

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Agriculture

Decades

See also

References

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