Environment Day: Not just another day

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Fri, 06/04/1999 7:10 AM  |  Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) is encouraging people and communities the world over to celebrate World Environment Day onJune 5 in a way that will make a difference both locally and globally.

Unlike many others, this special United Nations Day is one in which everysingle living species on the planet has a stake, the UN information center said.

As stated by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in his World Environment Daymessage: ""The theme of this year's World Environment Day, Our Earth -- Our Future -- Just Save It! is an urgent appeal on each and everyone of us to renew our pledge to cherish and respect the planet that sustains us.""

""Once a species is extinct, no wishful thinking can bring it back. Not the best landscaping can resurrect the beauty and majesty of the mountain that has been stripped of its forest and vegetation,"" said UNEP's executivedirector Klaus Toepfer.

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