{"id":23527,"date":"2024-05-19T12:24:54","date_gmt":"2024-05-19T06:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23527"},"modified":"2025-04-07T03:08:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T21:38:22","slug":"national-endangered-species-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/national-endangered-species-day\/","title":{"rendered":"National Endangered Species Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About National Endangered Species Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is observed to <strong>create awareness<\/strong> about the consequences of human activities and what we can do to save endangered species.<\/li>\n<li>Every year, National Endangered Species Day is observed on the third Friday of the month of May.<\/li>\n<li><strong>History<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In the year 2006, <strong>David Robinson<\/strong> and the <strong>Endangered Species Coalition<\/strong> established National Endangered Species Day to be celebrated every year to urge people to contribute to the safety and protection of endangered species.<\/li>\n<li>According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, forty percent of animals, insects and plants on this planet are at risk of extinction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>theme for the year 2024<\/strong>: Celebrate Saving Species.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Significance<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The day promotes conservation efforts and encourages individuals and organisations to participate in activities that help protect endangered species.<\/li>\n<li>This includes habitat restoration, supporting conservation laws, and advocating for stronger environmental policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1961 in Morges, Switzerland, to protect endangered species of wildlife and preserve natural habitats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/lifestyle\/festivals\/national-endangered-species-day-2024-date-history-significance-and-all-that-you-need-to-know-101715855720810.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>National Endangered Species Day 2024: Date, history, significance and all that you need to know<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Endangered Species Day  is observed to create awareness about the consequences of human activities and what we can do to save endangered species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23528,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23527","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}