World Nature Conservation Day 2020: Date, Significance and quotes for Mother Earth

The World Nature Conservation Day (WNCD) is observed every year on July 28. The day is celebrated to raise awareness about protecting nature and conserving our natural resources. The day recognizes that a healthy environment is the foundation for a stable and productive society and to ensure the well-being of present and future generations, we all must participate to protect, conserve, and sustainably manage our natural resources.

Significance of World Nature Conservation Day:

With problems like deforestation and illegal wildlife trade on the rise, nature conservation has gone up on the list of priorities for a lot of countries. In 2020, the earth has witnessed major destruction caused due to the massive bushfire in Australia, Cylone Amphan, and Nisarga in India.

A healthy environment must be created to safeguard the present and future generations. People need to understand that the world is one and anything that is done in part of the globe will affect other parts as well. Earth gives necessities to live like water, air, soil, minerals, trees, animals, food to us, so it is required that we keep our nature clean and healthy.

Here are a few things one can do to ensure that they contribute towards marinating the balance in nature so that they don’t suffer in future:

– Discourage wastage of food, water and items of regular use to avoid pollution.

– Save energy by switch off lights, fans and air conditioners when not in use.

– Avoid wasting water and close the tap properly after brushing or washing hands.

Following these small steps in our daily lives can help us maintain the balance is nature, therefore saving humankind from any kind of natural disaster it’s going to face in the near future.

Create awareness among family members, try and practise a sustainable lifestyle to protect and conserve nature.

Quotes for World Nature Conservation Day:

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
–George Bernard Shaw

“The Earth is what we all have in common.”
—Wendell Berry

“He that plants trees loves others besides himself.”
—Thomas Fuller

“One of the first conditions of happiness is that the link between man and nature shall not be broken.”
—Leo Tolstoy

“The Earth will not continue to offer its harvest, except with faithful stewardship. We cannot say we love the land and then take steps to destroy it for use by future generations.”
—John Paul II

“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.”
—John Ruskin

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.”
—Jane Goodall