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ENVIRONMENT<br />
By Staff Writer<br />
ZERO<br />
TOLERANCE<br />
FOR THE ILLEGAL<br />
TRADE IN WILDLIFE<br />
“On this World<br />
Environment Day, I urge<br />
people and governments<br />
everywhere to overcome<br />
indifference, combat greed<br />
and act to preserve our<br />
natural heritage for the<br />
benefit of this and future<br />
generations.” Secretary-<br />
General, Ban Ki-moon<br />
This year’s World Environment<br />
Day was marked on June 5th<br />
2016. Angola was chosen to<br />
host World Environment Day<br />
because the country has been<br />
identified as making strong commitments<br />
to combat wildlife crime by shutting down<br />
its domestic ivory trade and taking action<br />
to stop smuggling over its borders.<br />
Angola’s efforts to conserve wildlife<br />
have been recognized and lauded; to<br />
emphasize this point, UN News stressed<br />
that this year’s World Environment Day<br />
celebrations are hosted by Angola, a<br />
country seeking to restore its elephant<br />
herds, conserve Africa’s biodiversity-rich<br />
wildlife, and safeguard the environment<br />
as it continues to rebuild after more than a<br />
quarter-century of civil war.<br />
World Environment Day aims to<br />
inspire more people than ever before to<br />
take action to prevent the growing strain<br />
on planet Earth’s natural systems from<br />
reaching the breaking point. <strong>The</strong> 2016<br />
54 SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2016
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