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World Wildlife Day 2022: What You Need To Know

World Wildlife Day 2022: What You Need To Know

With an aim to celebrate beautiful varied forms of wild flare and fauna and raise awareness to conserve them, World Wildlife Day is observed on March 3 every year

The theme for World Wildlife Day 2022 is Recovering Key Species For Ecosystem Restoration.

According to International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, over 8,400 species of wild fauna and flora are critically endangered, Nearly 30,000 are endangered or vulnerable.

Over a million species are threatened with extinction, estimates International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

'People everywhere rely on wildlife and biodiversity-based resources to meet their needs, from food, to fuel, medicines, housing, and clothing. Millions of people also rely on nature as the source of their livelihoods.' - Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

"World Wildlife Day 2022 will drive the debate towards the imperative need to reverse the fate of the most critically endangered species, to support the restoration of their habitats, and to promote their sustainable use by humanity." - United Nations