Environmental Date
|
Date(s)
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National Bird Day |
01-05: January 5
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International Zebra Day
[3]
[4]
[5] |
01-31: January 31
|
World Wetlands Day |
02-02: February 2
|
World Ostrich Day
[6]
[7] |
02-02: February 2
|
World Marmot Day
[8]
[9]
|
02-02: February 2
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World Pangolin Day
[10]
[11] |
02: Third Saturday of February
|
World Whale Day
[12] |
02: Third Sunday of February
|
World Bonobo Day
[13]
[14]
[15] |
02-14: February 14
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World Hippopotamus Day
[16] |
02-15: February 15
|
International Polar Bear Day |
02-27: February 27
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World Wildlife Day |
03-03: March 3
|
Solar Appreciation Day
[17]
[18]
[19] |
03: Second Friday of March
|
International Day of Action for Rivers
[20] |
03-14: March 14
|
World Consumer Rights Day |
03-15: March 15
|
Buzzards Day
[21]
[22] |
03-15: March 15
|
Digital Cleanup Day
[23]
|
03-15: March 15 2025
|
National Panda Day
[24]
[25]
[26] |
03-16: March 16
|
Global Recycling Day
[27] |
03-18: March 18
|
World Serval Day
[28]
|
03-18: March 18
|
Taxonomist Appreciation Day
[29] |
03-19 : March 19
|
World Sparrow Day |
03-20: March 20
|
World Frog Day
[30]
[31]
[32] |
03-20: March 20
|
World Rewilding Day
[33] |
03-20: March 20
|
International Day of Forests |
03-21: March 21
|
World Planting Day
[34]
[35]
[36] |
03-21: March 21
|
World Wood Day
[37] |
03-21: March 21
|
World Water Day |
03-22: March 22
|
International Seal Day
[38] |
03-22: March 22
|
World Meteorological Day |
03-23: March 23
|
International Day of Zero Waste
[39]
|
03-30: March 30
|
Manatee Appreciation Day
[40]
[41]
[42] |
03: Last Wednesday in March
|
World Aquatic Animal Day
[43] |
04-03: April 3
|
World Rat Day
[44]
[45]
[46] |
04-04: April 4
|
International Beaver Day
[47]
[48] |
04-07: April 7
|
Zoo Lovers Day
[49]
[50] |
04-08: April 8
|
Arbor Day |
04-26: April 26
|
Bat Appreciation Day
[51]
[52] |
04-17: April 17
|
Earth Day |
04-22: April 22
[53]
|
International
Pallas's Cat
[54]
[55]
[56]
|
04-23: April 23
|
World Day for Laboratory Animals |
04-24: April 24
|
World Tapir Day
[57]
[58]
[59] |
04-27: April 27
|
International Hyena Day
[60]
[61]
|
04-27: April 27
|
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare |
04-29: April 29
|
Green Up Day |
05: First Saturday of May in Vermont
|
World Tuna Day
[62]
[63]
[64] |
05-02: May 2
|
International Leopard Day
[65]
[66]
[67] |
05-03: May 3
|
Wild Koala Day
[68]
[69] |
05-03: May 3
|
Greenery Day |
05-04: May 4 in Japan (previously April 29)
|
World Donkey Day
[70] |
05-08: May 8
|
Go Public Gardens Days |
Friday before to the Sunday after Mother's Day
|
World Migratory Bird Day
[71] |
Second Saturday of May. Second Saturday of May in the U.S. and Canada; Second Saturday of October in Mexico, Central and South America, and the Caribbean.
|
World Binturong Day
[72] |
Second Saturday of May.
|
Endangered Species Day
[73] |
05: Third Friday of May
|
Bike-to-Work Day |
05: Third Friday of May
|
World Bee Day |
05-20: May 20
|
International Day for Biological Diversity (World Biodiversity Day) |
05-22: May 22
|
World Turtle Day |
05-23: May 23
|
European Day of Parks –
Europarc Federation
[74] |
05-24: May 24
|
World Otter Day
[75]
[76] |
05-25: May 25
|
World Dugong Day
[77]
[78] |
05-28: May 28
|
Black Birders Week |
05-29 May 29
|
World No Tobacco Day |
05-31: May 31
|
World Parrot Day
[79]
[80]
[81] |
05-31: May 31
|
World Reef Day
[82]
[83] |
06-01: June 1
|
World Peatlands Day |
06-02: June 2
|
World Bicycle Day
[84] |
06-03: June 3
|
World Environment Day |
06-05: June 5
|
Solomon Memorial Day |
06-05: June 5
|
World Oceans Day |
06-08: June 8
|
Coral Triangle Day |
06-09: June 9
|
International Lynx Day
[85]
[86] |
06-11: June 11
|
National Cougar Day
[87] |
06-12: June 12
|
Global Wind Day |
06-15: June 15
|
World Sea Turtle Day
[88] |
06-16: June 16
|
World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought |
06-17: June 17
|
World Croc Day
[89] |
06-17: June 17
|
World Horseshoe Crab Day
[90]
[91] |
06-20: June 20
|
World Giraffe Day |
06-21: June 21
|
World Camel Day
[92]
[93]
[94] |
06-22: June 22
|
World Rainforest Day
[95]
[96] |
06-22: June 22
|
Black Birders Week
[97] |
06-24: June 24
|
World Decarbonisation Day |
24-28: June 25
|
World Population Day |
07-11: July 11
|
Shark Awareness Day
[98]
[99]
[100]
[101] |
07-14: July 14
|
World Chimpanzee Day
[102]
[103]
[104] |
07-14: July 14
|
World Orca Day
[105]
|
07-14: July 14
|
World Snake Day
[106] |
07-16: July 16
|
International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems |
07-26: July 26
|
World Nature Conservation Day
[107]
[108]
[109] |
07-28: July 28
|
International Tiger Day |
07-29: July 29
|
World Ranger Day –
International Ranger Federation |
07-31: July 31
|
International Clouded Leopard Day
[110] |
08-04: August 4
|
International Moon Bear Day |
08-08: August 8
|
World Lion Day
[111] |
08-10: August 10
|
World Elephant Day |
08-12: August 12
|
World Hirola Day
[112] |
08-12: August 12
|
International Wolf Day
[113]
[114] |
08-13: August 13
|
World Lizard Day
[115]
[116]
|
02-08: February 8
|
National Honey Bee Day |
08-15: August 15
|
World Orangutan Day
[117] |
08-19: August 19
|
World Mosquito Day |
08-20: August 20
|
World African Wild Dog Day
[118] |
08-26: August 26
|
International Whale Shark Day
[119]
[120] |
08-30: August 30
|
World Beach Day, aka National Beach Day
[121] |
09-01: September 1
|
International Primate Day
[122]
|
09-01: September 1
|
Japan Dolphin Day
[123]
[124] |
09-01: September 1
|
Amazon Rainforest Day
[125] |
09-05: September 5
|
International Vulture Awareness Day
[126]
[127]
[128] |
09: First Saturday of September
|
International Day of Clean Air for blue skies |
09-16: September 7
|
World Dolphin Day
[129] |
09-12: September 12
|
International Colugo Day
[130]
|
09-15: September 15
|
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer |
09-16: September 16
|
World Manta Day
[131]
|
09-17: September 17
|
World Water Monitoring Day |
09-18: September 18
|
PARK(ing) Day [
de]
[132]
[133]
[134] |
09: Third Friday in September
|
World Cleanup Day
[135] |
09: September 16, 2023, Third Saturday in September
|
National Cleanup Day
[136] |
09: September 18, 2021, Third Saturday in September
|
International Red Panda Day
[137] |
09: Third Saturday of September
|
Zero Emissions Day
[138] |
09-21: September 21
|
Car Free Day |
09-22: September 22
|
World Rhino Day
[139] |
09-22: September 22
|
National Hunting and Fishing Day
[140] |
09-23: September 23
|
Ecological Debt Day (Earth Overshoot Day) |
09-23: September 23 in 2008, but receding
|
World Gorilla Day
[141]
[142]
[143] |
09-24: September 24
|
World Environmental Health Day
[144] |
09-26: September 26 since 2011
(IFEH)
[145]
|
World Cassowary Day
[146]
[147] |
09-26: September 26
|
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
[148] |
09-29: September 29
|
World Rivers Day
[149] |
09: Last Sunday of September
|
International Raccoon Appreciation Day
[150] |
10-01: October 1
|
World Farm Animals Day
[151] |
10-02: October 2
|
World Habitat Day |
10: First Monday of October
|
World Animal Day |
10-04: October 4
|
National Badger Day
[152]
[153]
[154] |
10-06: October 6
|
World Octopus Day
[155]
[156]
[157] |
10-08: October 8
|
Energy Efficiency Day
[158] |
10: First Wednesday in October
|
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
10-13: October 13
|
International E-Waste Day
[159]
[160]
[161] |
10-14: October 14
|
International Sawfish Day
[162] |
10-17: October 17
|
Stepping Stone Day
[163] |
10-17: October 17
|
Sustainability Day!
[164] |
10: Fourth Wednesday of October
|
World Okapi Day
[165]
[166] |
10-18: October 18
|
International Sloth Day
[167]
[168]
[169] |
10-20: October 20
|
National Reptile Awareness Day
[170]
[171] |
10-21: October 21
|
World Earthworn Day
[172]
[173] |
10-21: October 21
|
International Wombat Day
[174]
[175]
[176] |
10-22: October 22
|
International Snow Leopard Day
[177]
[178] |
10-23: October 23
|
Freshwater Dolphin Day
[179] |
10-24: October 24
|
International Gibbon Day
[180]
[181]
[182] |
10-24: October 24
|
International Day of Climate Action |
10-24: October 24
|
World Lemur Day
[183]
[184] |
10: Last Friday of October
|
World Ecology Day
[185]
|
11-01: November 1
|
World Vegan Day |
11-01: November 1
|
World Basking Shark Day |
11-03: November 3
|
International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict |
11-06: November 6
|
National Bison Day |
11: First Saturday in November
|
America Recycles Day |
11-15: November 15
|
World Fisheries Day
[186] |
11-21: November 21
|
International Jaguar Day
[187]
[188]
|
11-29: November 29
|
International Cheetah Day
[189]
[190] |
12-04: December 4
|
Wildlife Conservation Day
[191] |
12-04: December 4
|
World Soil Day
[192] |
12-05: December 5
|
International Mountain Day |
12-11: December 11
|
Monkey Day |
12-14: December 14
|
Ozone Action Day |
Variable date depending weather conditions
|
eDay – Electronic Waste Day |
Variable date, in New Zealand
|
World Fish Migration Day
|
Variable date (next one- 22 May 2022; last one- 24 October 2020)
|