Environmental Date | Date(s) |
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National Bird Day | 01-05: January 5 |
International Zebra Day[3] [4] [5] | 01-31: January 31 |
| 02-02: February 2 |
World Ostrich Day[6] [7] | 02-02: February 2 |
World Marmot Day[8] [9] | 02-02: February 2 |
World Pangolin Day[10] [11] | 02: Third Saturday of February |
World Whale Day[12] | 02: Third Sunday of February |
World Bonobo Day[13] [14] [15] | 02-14: February 14 |
World Hippopotamus Day[16] | 02-15: February 15 |
| 02-27: February 27 |
| 03-03: March 3 |
Solar Appreciation Day[17] [18] [19] | 03: Second Friday of March |
International Day of Action for Rivers[20] | 03-14: March 14 |
| 03-15: March 15 |
Buzzards Day[21] [22] | 03-15: March 15 |
Digital Cleanup Day[23] | 03-15: March 15 2025 |
National Panda Day[24] [25] [26] | 03-16: March 16 |
Global Recycling Day[27] | 03-18: March 18 |
World Serval Day[28] | 03-18: March 18 |
Taxonomist Appreciation Day[29] | 03-19 : March 19 |
| 03-20: March 20 |
World Frog Day[30] [31] [32] | 03-20: March 20 |
World Rewilding Day[33] | 03-20: March 20 |
| 03-21: March 21 |
World Planting Day[34] [35] [36] | 03-21: March 21 |
World Wood Day[37] | 03-21: March 21 |
| 03-22: March 22 |
International Seal Day[38] | 03-22: March 22 |
| 03-23: March 23 |
International Day of Zero Waste[39] | 03-30: March 30 |
Manatee Appreciation Day[40] [41] [42] | 03: Last Wednesday in March |
World Aquatic Animal Day[43] | 04-03: April 3 |
World Rat Day[44] [45] [46] | 04-04: April 4 |
International Beaver Day[47] [48] | 04-07: April 7 |
Zoo Lovers Day[49] [50] | 04-08: April 8 |
| 04-26: April 26 |
Bat Appreciation Day[51] [52] | 04-17: April 17 |
| 04-22: April 22[53] |
International Pallas's Cat[54] [55] [56] | 04-23: April 23 |
| 04-24: April 24 |
World Tapir Day[57] [58] [59] | 04-27: April 27 |
International Hyena Day[60] [61] | 04-27: April 27 |
| 04-29: April 29 |
| 05: First Saturday of May in Vermont |
World Tuna Day[62] [63] [64] | 05-02: May 2 |
International Leopard Day[65] [66] [67] | 05-03: May 3 |
Wild Koala Day[68] [69] | 05-03: May 3 |
| 05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29) |
World Donkey Day[70] | 05-08: May 8 |
Go Public Gardens Days | Friday before to the Sunday after Mother's Day |
World Migratory Bird Day[71] | Second Saturday of May. Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean. |
World Binturong Day[72] | Second Saturday of May. |
Endangered Species Day[73] | 05: Third Friday of May |
| 05: Third Friday of May |
| 05-20: May 20 |
International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day) | 05-22: May 22 |
| 05-23: May 23 |
European Day of Parks – Europarc Federation[74] | 05-24: May 24 |
World Otter Day[75] [76] | 05-25: May 25 |
World Dugong Day[77] [78] | 05-28: May 28 |
| 05-29 May 29 |
| 05-31: May 31 |
World Parrot Day[79] [80] [81] | 05-31: May 31 |
World Reef Day[82] [83] | 06-01: June 1 |
World Peatlands Day | 06-02: June 2 |
World Bicycle Day[84] | 06-03: June 3 |
| 06-05: June 5 |
Solomon Memorial Day | 06-05: June 5 |
| 06-08: June 8 |
| 06-09: June 9 |
International Lynx Day[85] [86] | 06-11: June 11 |
National Cougar Day[87] | 06-12: June 12 |
| 06-15: June 15 |
World Sea Turtle Day[88] | 06-16: June 16 |
| 06-17: June 17 |
World Croc Day[89] | 06-17: June 17 |
World Horseshoe Crab Day[90] [91] | 06-20: June 20 |
World Giraffe Day | 06-21: June 21 |
World Camel Day[92] [93] [94] | 06-22: June 22 |
World Rainforest Day[95] [96] | 06-22: June 22 |
Black Birders Week[97] | 06-24: June 24 |
| 24-28: June 25 |
| 07-11: July 11 |
Shark Awareness Day[98] [99] [100] [101] | 07-14: July 14 |
World Chimpanzee Day[102] [103] [104] | 07-14: July 14 |
World Orca Day[105] | 07-14: July 14 |
World Snake Day[106] | 07-16: July 16 |
International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems | 07-26: July 26 |
World Nature Conservation Day[107] [108] [109] | 07-28: July 28 |
| 07-29: July 29 |
| 07-31: July 31 |
International Clouded Leopard Day[110] | 08-04: August 4 |
International Moon Bear Day | 08-08: August 8 |
World Lion Day[111] | 08-10: August 10 |
| 08-12: August 12 |
World Hirola Day[112] | 08-12: August 12 |
International Wolf Day[113] [114] | 08-13: August 13 |
World Lizard Day[115] [116] | 02-08: February 8 |
National Honey Bee Day | 08-15: August 15 |
World Orangutan Day[117] | 08-19: August 19 |
| 08-20: August 20 |
World African Wild Dog Day[118] | 08-26: August 26 |
International Whale Shark Day[119] [120] | 08-30: August 30 |
World Beach Day, aka National Beach Day[121] | 09-01: September 1 |
International Primate Day[122] | 09-01: September 1 |
Japan Dolphin Day[123] [124] | 09-01: September 1 |
Amazon Rainforest Day[125] | 09-05: September 5 |
International Vulture Awareness Day[126] [127] [128] | 09: First Saturday of September |
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies | 09-16: September 7 |
World Dolphin Day[129] | 09-12: September 12 |
International Colugo Day[130] | 09-15: September 15 |
| 09-16: September 16 |
World Manta Day[131] | 09-17: September 17 |
| 09-18: September 18 |
[132] [133] [134] | 09: Third Friday in September |
World Cleanup Day[135] | 09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September |
National Cleanup Day[136] | 09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September |
International Red Panda Day[137] | 09: Third Saturday of September |
Zero Emissions Day[138] | 09-21: September 21 |
| 09-22: September 22 |
World Rhino Day[139] | 09-22: September 22 |
Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day) | 09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding |
World Gorilla Day[140] [141] [142] | 09-24: September 24 |
World Environmental Health Day[143] | 09-26: September 26 since 2011 (IFEH)[144] |
World Cassowary Day[145] [146] | 09-26: September 26 |
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste[147] | 09-29: September 29 |
World Rivers Day[148] | 09: Last Sunday of September |
International Raccoon Appreciation Day[149] | 10-01: October 1 |
World Farm Animals Day[150] | 10-02: October 2 |
| 10: First Monday of October |
| 10-04: October 4 |
National Badger Day[151] [152] [153] | 10-06: October 6 |
World Octopus Day[154] [155] [156] | 10-08: October 8 |
Energy Efficiency Day[157] | 10: First Wednesday in October |
| 10-13: October 13 |
International E-Waste Day[158] [159] [160] | 10-14: October 14 |
International Sawfish Day[161] | 10-17: October 17 |
Stepping Stone Day[162] | 10-17: October 17 |
Sustainability Day![163] | 10: Fourth Wednesday of October |
World Okapi Day[164] [165] | 10-18: October 18 |
International Sloth Day[166] [167] [168] | 10-20: October 20 |
National Reptile Awareness Day[169] [170] | 10-21: October 21 |
World Earthworn Day[171] [172] | 10-21: October 21 |
International Wombat Day[173] [174] [175] | 10-22: October 22 |
International Snow Leopard Day[176] [177] | 10-23: October 23 |
Freshwater Dolphin Day[178] | 10-24: October 24 |
International Gibbon Day[179] [180] [181] | 10-24: October 24 |
| 10-24: October 24 |
World Lemur Day[182] [183] | 10: Last Friday of October |
World Ecology Day[184] | 11-01: November 1 |
| 11-01: November 1 |
World Basking Shark Day | 11-03: November 3 |
| 11-06: November 6 |
| 11: First Saturday in November |
| 11-15: November 15 |
World Fisheries Day[185] | 11-21: November 21 |
International Jaguar Day[186] [187] | 11-29: November 29 |
International Cheetah Day[188] [189] | 12-04: December 4 |
Wildlife Conservation Day[190] | 12-04: December 4 |
World Soil Day[191] | 12-05: December 5 |
| 12-11: December 11 |
| 12-14: December 14 |
Ozone Action Day | Variable date depending weather conditions |
eDay – Electronic Waste Day | Variable date, in New Zealand |
World Fish Migration Day | Variable date (next one- 22 May 2022; last one- 24 October 2020) | |
Name | Date |
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tUrn Climate Crisis Awareness and Action Week[192] | April 19–23, 2021 |
| 2019 date, February 15–18 |
Invasive Species Awareness Week[193] | | Last week of February |
| | 2016 date, April 18–22 |
Keep Australia Beautiful Week[194] | Last full week of August |
| 02 (first week in February every year in the United States) |
National Wildlife Week[195] | |
| 04 (week of new moon in April) |
| |
National Pollinator Week[196] | third week in June |
| June 22 to June 28[197] |
Plastic Free July[198] | July 1 to 31 |
National Clean Beaches Week | July 1 to 7 |
Van Mohatsav Saptah (Forest Festival Week) | |
| |
World Water Week | 08-26: August 26–31 |
| 09–16 to 09–22: September 16 to 22 |
| 06: second week in June |
Recycle Week[199] | 06: 20 to 26 June 2011 |
Zero Waste Week | first week of September |
| |
European Week for Waste Reduction (EWWR) | 11: 9 days, last complete week in November |
Science Literacy Week (Canada)[200] | 16–22: September |
| 09: China, week of September 22 |
| 08 or 09: each year in August or September |
| August 21–27 |
World Oceans Week[201] | 01–08: June |
National Herbal Medicine Week | Each year for the last week in October[202] |
International Compost Awareness Week | First full week in May[203] | |
YEAR | EVENTS |
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2004 | International year of rice |
2005 | International year of parthenium |
2006 | International year of desert and desertification |
2007 | International year of water |
2008 | International year of potato |
2009 | International year of natural fibres |
2010 | International year of biodiversity |
2011 | International year of forest |
2012 | International year of cooperative (Also celebrated as National year of horticulture) |
2013 | International year of water cooperation |
2014 | International year of family farming |
2015 | International year of soil and Light |
2016 | International year of pulses (theme- nutritious seed for sustainable agriculture) |
2017 | International year of sustainable tourism |
2018 | Recommended for International year of millets (Declared as National year of millets) |
2019 | International year of Indigenous language |
2020 | International Year of Plant Health |
2021 | International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. And also International Year of Fruits and Vegetables |
2022 | International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture |
2023 | International year of Millets |
2024 | International Year of Camelids | |