World Nature Conservation Day recognises that a healthy environment is a foundation for a stable and productive society. This day also ensures well being of present and future generations. The day aims to educate people about the best practices to protect our natural resources as our planet earth has only limited amount of resources, we highly rely on each day like water, air, soil and trees. It is necessary to create healthy environment to safe guard the present and future generations. There are several threats to nature like deforestation, illegal wildlife trade, pollution, using plastics, chemicals etc. Earth has provided basic necessities to live like water, air, soil, minerals, trees, animals and food etc. So, we must keep our nature clean and healthy. Industrial development and several other factors are also responsible for the depletion of nature. Whatever we do, it affects the Globe because the World is one and somehow linked together. The history and origin of the World nature conservation day is unknown, but the main aim to celebrate is to come together and support nature and not to exploit it. Conservation of nature is the wise management and utilization of natural resources. As we know that due to natural imbalances, we are facing several problems like global warming, various diseases, natural disasters and increased temperatures etc. Therefore, for the next generations, it is important to raise awareness among people all over the World to understand the importance of saving resources, recycle it, preserve it and also understand the consequences of damaging it World nature conservation day also recognizes that a healthy environment is the core reason for a stable and productive society. The sustainable practices are such that the well being of the present and future generations can be secured. As responsible citizens, we must all practice sustainable living and bring about small changes in our everyday life, the way we shop, eat, travel and more so that we don’t damage our natural gifts any more. Conservation of nature is very necessary, even Scientists have also warned us about the mass extinctions in the near future. Several documentaries about nature show that resources are being wasted. Due to global warming temperatures are increasing day by day, storms and level of the sea is also increasing, fresh water glaciers are melting which threaten lives. We are connected to each other with natural resources. The natural world is facing an increasingly threat from unsustainable practices and the challenge is how to preserve and conserve nature to achieve sustainable development. It is not only the Government and big companies to conserve the environment. Everyone can participate and conserve nature which is beautiful gift to us. Several ways are there by which we can conserve our environment like: Try to buy reusable and biodegradable products as much as possible. Recycle everything if it is possible. To reduce the consumption of water, it all starts at home, take a pledge to use the shower lesser and use bucket for a bath and the former ends up wasting more water, a bane for society as certain studies have found that we might run out of natural resources of water by the year 2050. Reduce electricity usage. Switch off electrical appliances when not in use. Plant more and more trees and make the planet green Encourage planting of trees to avoid soil erosion and promote greenery. Grow more and more vegetables. Starting at home vegetable garden comes with many benefits. Not only does it help you save money but it also ensures the supply of healthy and unadulterated veggies and fruits. Make it in your kitchen or your terrace/ balcony to grow organic fruits and vegetables that are mostly consumed. To avoid littering, it’s better to decompose it. Reduce pollution. Encourage car pool with fellow office goers who work in around your office complex. Say No to smoking. Reduce paper use. Save paper, save trees. In this digital age, the devices we use help us take notes so it saves the need for print outside. We must avoid the use of single use plastics. The plastics eventually flowing into oceans are causing damage to marine life and ecology. The main objective is to live and promote conscious and full living. From fast fashion, to over exploitation of all resources to reducing non -essential travel, we can play a role building a sustainable future. COVID-19 highlights the critical connection between the health of nature and human health. This connection must be better reflected in our priorities, policies and actions. The root causes of this pandemic are common to many root causes of the climate change and biodiversity crisis. Confronting these intertwined crisis requires an integrated approach and unprecedented cooperation to achieve an equitable carbon-neutral, nature,, nature-positive economic recovery and sustainable future. We must halt degradation and loss of natural ecosystems as a public health priority. We must stop activities that are destroying degrading and fragmenting at an unprecedented rate, which are directly affecting our resilience to future pandemics. We must stop degradation and loss of forests , reform livestock production to reduce zoonotic pandemic risk, reduce Zoonotic disease risk posed by commercial World life trade and markets, protecting recent conservation investments in the face of COVID- 19 pressures and enact policies and strategies for a nature positive COVID- 19 economic recovery. Let us all take pledge to protect, conserve and sustainably manage our natural resources and make this World a better healthier place for our future generations. Let us come together and make efforts to contribute to the local, National, or global levels in conserving nature. It will not only benefit our present generations but all future generations.
