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WHY YOU SHOULD CARE ABOUT WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY The past year was another difficult one for our natural environment. Global issues such as climate change, dwindling natural resources, deforestation and pollution are worsening by the day, driven by human impacts. In South Africa, we are suffering from one of our worst-ever droughts, and the poaching of animals such as rhino is continuing unabated. These are just a few issues that all of us urgently need to pay attention to as   World Environment Day   is celebrated on 5 June. WHAT IS WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY? Established as an annual event by the United Nations (UN) in 1972, World Environment Day is the largest global celebration of its kind, being recognised by millions of people in over 100 countries. The day aims to encourage worldwide environmental awareness and on-the-ground action in the form of events such as clean-up campaigns, tree-planting drives, recycling initiatives, social media campaigns and contests. The...