HEPCA launches World Wildlife Day events with Gezira Sporting Club
calendar_monthMarch 08, 2018
On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) decided to proclaim 3 March, the day of the adoption of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), as World Wildlife Day, to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora
Wildlife are facing many challenges such as habitat lose, poaching, climate change and illegal hunting. The future of wildlife is threatened
CITES - the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora is yet one of the most important tools used to conserve the world's biodiversity through organizing the trade of endangered species of wild fauna and flora
HEPCA in cooperation with World Wildlife Day Egypt and Gezira Sporting Club; launched the Wildlife day 3rd of March 2018 hosting several environmental organizations and initiatives aiming to raise public awareness about the biodiversity and challenges
Environmental authorities, Representatives from the UN - United Nations Egypt, United Nations information Centre in Cairo, Ministry of Planning, Monitoring and Administrative Reform, Arab Federation for Wildlife Protection and from the administrative office of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Egypt have joined together to celebrate the World Wildlife Day 2018
HEPCA would like to warmly thank the attendances for their support and dedication
