Monday, 4 June 2012

World Environment Day 2012


Tomorrow 5 June 2012, the world observes World Environment Day.
The host this year is Brazil a country with one of the fastest growing economies in the world.
Did you know that India -in particular Delhi and Mumbai-  hosted WED last year?
Brazil had previously hosted WED in 1992, on the eve of the first United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), at Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 - popularly referred to as the  Earth Summit.
This year 20 years later the world's leaders will meet once again in Rio for Rio+20 on 20-22 June 2012.

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