Geneva World Wildlife Day Celebration

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Celebrating 50 Years of Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability of CITES, join the Geneva celebration of WWD.

Geneva Botanical Garden and Greenhouse | Conference Room, Herbiers de Phanérogamie

<p>On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly <a href="http://undocs.org/A/C.2/68/L.48" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">proclaimed</a> 3 March as World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora. This date is also the day of the adoption in Washington of the <a href="http://www.cites.org/eng/disc/text.php" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)</a> in 1973, which plays an important role in ensuring that international trade does not threaten the species’ survival.</p><p>Celebrating the 50th anniversary of CITES, this year’s World Wildlife Day theme is “Partnerships for Wildlife Conservation”, in recognition of the work CITES does and the collaborative work and partnerships for conservation that is going on at the local, national, and global level. This year’s theme presents an opportunity to highlight the people and organizations who are making a difference, as well as to celebrate the bridge CITES has been for these partnerships to form, making a significant contribution to sustainability, wildlife, and biodiversity conservation.</p><p>In line with the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/WorldWildlifeDay2022" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">World Wildlife Day 2023 Global Event</a> taking place in Washington D.C., the CITES Secretariat and the Geneva Environment Network are organizing a light ceremony and film screening, that highlights wildlife as an important component of biological diversity and how its conservation and sustainable use will help reduce the risk of unprecedented extinctions from overexploitation. The documentary is part of the <a href="https://www.jacksonwild.org/world-wildlife-day-film-showcase.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">International World Wildlife Day Film Showcase</a> organized annually by Jackson Wild.</p><p>The event will end with a reception, which will begin with a cake-cutting ceremony that celebrates the 50 years of the signing of the Convention.</p><h3>Registration</h3><p>This event will be held only in-person at the Conservatory and Botanical Garden.</p><p>Learn more on our <a href="https://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/geneva-world-wildlife-day-celebration-50-years-of-partnerships-for-wildlife-conservation-and-sustainability/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">event page</a>.</p><h3>Access</h3><p>The event will take place in the Conference Room of Herbiers de Phanérogamie. This can be located in the building marked 3 on <a href="https://www.cjbg.ch/fr/visiter/plan-du-jardin" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">this plan</a>.</p>

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