Help! Your planet needs you this World Environment Day.
With World Environment Day around the corner, citizens across the globe are preparing for this years World Environment Day theme of “Your Planet Needs You - Unite to Combat Climate Change“.
One way to celebrate World Environment Day and endorse the theme is to participate in Greenfest from June 5 to 7 in Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens.
WWF will hold a stall at Greenfest where you can come and see a Bilby and WWF Ambassador Claire Madden.
Imagine never seeing a bilby again in the wild, or a northern hairy nosed wombat, or the bridled nailtail wallaby.
That’s what we’re faced with if we don’t do more to protect their natural habitats and the best way to do that is through our National Parks.
As people around the world prepare to mark World Environment Day, WWF-Australia is calling on the Queensland Government to do more to expand the state’s National Parks or risk the extinction of some of our most unique wildlife.
“It’s no accident some of our most endangered and iconic marsupials – the northern bettong, the bridled nailtail wallaby, the northern hairy nosed wombat and the bilby - only survive in Queensland in National Parks,” said Dr Martin Taylor, WWF-Australia’s Policy Manager for Protected Areas.
“Some of these parks were created specifically to save the last remaining populations. Recovery of these endangered species is crucially dependent on expanding the area of protected habitat.
“With less than five per cent of the state designated as National Park, Queensland has the lowest proportion of its land mass protected out of all the states and territories.
“The Bligh Government promised in March 2008 to expand National Parks by 50 per cent by 2020.
If we don’t do something about saving habitats now, many native animals and plants will be lost forever.”
WWF’s message reflects the urgency of the need for nations and communities to agree on a new deal at the crucial UN climate convention in Copenhagen in December.
That message will be endorsed by those participating in this year’s Greenfest from June 5 to 7 in Brisbane’s Botanic Gardens, which marks World Environment Day in Queensland.
WWF will hold a stall at Greenfest alongside the Save the Bilby Fund and will also speak at the event alongside WWF Ambassador Claire Madden, of Big Brother fame.
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Lets not forget the mass killing of the Majura kangaroos in Canberra.
what can i do for world enviroment day?
i live in port macquarie.
If everyone focusses on celebrating the earth, I am sure the area of Queensland National Parks will increase a geat deal. I think this is really very important now more so than ever not only for ourselves but for many generations to come. I think it is time we really put our energies on doing all we can to save our environment & return to natural living in the best way we can.
There are many things you can do for World Environment Day. You can plant a tree, sign a petition, pledge an action such as walking instead of taking the car. However im not sure of any events that happened in Port Macquarie for World Environment Day.