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International Day of Forests: March 21 World Planting Day [29] [30] [31] March 21 World Wood Day [32] March 21 World Water Day: March 22 International Seal Day [33] March 22 World Meteorological Day: March 23 International Day of Zero Waste [34] March 30 World Aquatic Animal Day [35] April 3 World Rat Day [36] [37] [38] April 4 International ...
Geodiversity is the variety of earth materials, forms and processes that constitute and shape the Earth, either the whole or a specific part of it. [1] Relevant materials include minerals , rocks , sediments , fossils , soils and water .
5 October - World Teachers' Day; 6 October - International Geodiversity Day [17] 11 October - International Day of the Girl Child; 13 October - International Day for Disaster Reduction; 17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; 24 October - United Nations Day; 27 October - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Encouraging the "free flow of ideas by images and words" by: ... International Geodiversity Day [114] 11 October International Day of the Girl Child: 13 October
These sites are also known by other names, such as regionally important geological sites, Regionally Important Geodiversity Sites (especially in Wales [1]), County Geodiversity Sites in Norfolk, [2] Local Geodiversity Sites in Scotland [3] and Lancashire, [4] and as County Geology Sites in Cornwall [5] and Devon and in the Republic of Ireland.
Geoconservation is the practice of recognising, protecting and managing sites and landscapes which have value for their geology or geomorphology. [1] [2] The conservation of these geological sites is through government agencies and local geological societies in areas such as Europe and Africa.
Ecosystem diversity addresses the combined characteristics of biotic properties which are living organisms (biodiversity) and abiotic properties such as nonliving things like water or soil (geodiversity). It is a variation in the ecosystems found in a region or the variation in ecosystems over the whole planet.
The International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day) is a United Nations–sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It is currently held on May 22. [1] The International Day for Biological Diversity falls within the scope of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals.