March 3 is UN World Wildlife Day, for celebrating and raising awareness of the animals and plants that humans share the world with.  

The theme for 2021 is  “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”, which honors the central role of forests, forest species and ecosystems in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. 

“Forests, forests species and the livelihoods that depend on them currently find themselves at the crossroads of the multiple planetary crises we currently face... World Wildlife Day will celebrate forest-based livelihoods and seek to promote forest and forest wildlife management models and practices that accommodate both human well-being and the long-term conservation of forests,” the 2021 UN World Wildlife Day website says.

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