Green Guard Nature Organization collaborated with Sanctuary Asia to observe Earth Day 2013 at Nagaon by educating students of two schools; Loyola School, Nagaon & Jasodadevi Goswami High School, Chapanala, Nagaon. The first is a privately run, urban, English medium school and the later, a rural, Assamese medium, Govt. school with most students from fringe forest communities. Two films, 'She's Alive' & 'The Himalayan Meltdown' were screened and members of our organization explained the issues whenever needed, besides elaborating on the significance of the day. Copies of Sanctuary Asia were also distributed. A Chinese Pangolin, rescued a day before from local hunters by a Green Guard team, was shown to the amazed children at Chapanala, who vowed to stop killing of such animals in their respective communities.
Today is World Wildlife Day, designated so by the United Nations General Assembly on 20th December 2013, marking the day when the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) was adopted back in the year 1973. So, every year, March 3 is the day we humans have dedicated to celebrate the birds and animals that share this planet with us, the same creatures whose lives are largely endangered by the reckless pursuit of our development goals. With the world in the midst of a mass extinction event, with more than 24,000 species at the risk of extinction, the challenge for wildlife is clearly, is whether they can overcome the heat on survival.In September...
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