World wildlife day 2023

Today 3 March, World Wildlife Day reminds us of the importance that wild fauna and flora have for the conservation of biodiversity

Established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2013, the World Day of Wild Fauna and Flora celebrates the signing of the Washington Convention (CITES) which, since 3 March 1973, has the purpose of regulating, monitoring and prohibiting trade in plant species and endangered animals. To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the convention, it was decided to give importance to the theme of the partnership for conservation: collaboration, exchange of scientific data, common objectives for nature conservation.

ISPRA, within the scope of its institutional mandate, carries out activities of technical evaluation, study and monitoring of the dynamics of wild populations including migrations, conservation genetics, with the aim of conserving wildlife intended as protection and wildlife heritage management.

On the occasion of the World Day of Wild Fauna and Flora, a thematic section entitled “Fauna, Enviroment and Man" was published on the ISPRA portal with a series of documents useful for further study.