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W.E.D. World Enviroment Day

W.E.D. World Enviroment Day

June 5

Every year on June 5 is celebrated around the world the World Environment Day (WED World Environment Day), established to commemorate the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm in 1972 which took shape during the Environment Programme United Nations UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme). The theme chosen for World Environment Day 2011 is "Forests: nature at your service" because this  day  coincide this year with the International Year of Forests organized by the United Nations