3rd March World Wildlife Day

World Wildlife Day (WWD) will be celebrated in 2022 under the theme “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”. The celebrations will seek to draw attention to the conservation status of some of the most critically endangered species of wild fauna and flora, and to drive discussions towards imagining and implementing solutions to conserve them. 

All conversations will be inspired by and seek to inform efforts towards the achievement of UN Sustainable Development Goals 1 (No Poverty), 2 (Zero hunger) 12 (Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns), 13 (Climate Action) 14 (Life Below Water) and 15 (Life on Land).

According to data from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, over 8,400 species of wild fauna and flora are critically endangered, while close to 30,000 more are understood to be endangered or vulnerable. Based on these estimates, it is suggested that over a million species are threatened with extinction.

Continued loss of species, habitats and ecosystems also threatens all life on Earth, including us. People everywhere rely on wildlife and biodiversity-based resources to meet all our needs, from food, to fuel, medicines, housing, and clothing.

Millions of people also rely on nature as the source of their livelihoods and economic opportunities.

In 2022, World Wildlife Day will therefore drive the debate towards the imperative need to reverse the fate of the most critically endangered species, to support the restoration of their habitats and ecosystems and to promote their sustainable use by humanity.

The world relies on its biodiversity for clean air and water, food, energy, and materials of all types. But our biodiversity is in danger through unsustainable human activities. It is up to us to decide and act now for the future. In addition to the books I have put on my Pinterest UN SDG 15 Life on Land i have decided to put together a display in the library of books about threatened species and extinction.

Some of the books in the display are:

• Almost Gone by Steve Jenkins

• Saving Species by Jess French

• Disappearing Acts  by Isabella Bunnell

• We Will Miss Them by Alexandra Wright

• Red Alert by Catherine Barr

• Don't Let Them Disappear by Chelsea Clinton

• Danny Dodo's Detective Diary by Rob Hodgson

• Who Am I? by Tim Flach

• Vanishing by Mike Lucas

• Extinct  by Lucas Riera

• Animals in Danger in Australia by Richard Spilsbury

• Atlas of Animals in Danger by Sylvaine Perrols

• Endangered Close Up Lorna Hendry

• The Only Ones Left by Sandra Kendall

• V is for Vanishing Patricia Mullins

• Garry Fleming's Animals: On the World's Rare and Endangered Species  by Garry Flemming

• Animals in Danger by Pierre deHugo

• Animals in Danger by Anne Faundez

• Animals Like Us by Andrea Mills

• Let's Save the Animals by Frances Barry

• A - Z of Endangered Animals by Jennifer Cousins

• Fauna by Tania Mc Cartney

• Small and Tall Tales of Extinct Animals by Damien Laverdunt

• Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel