Miss Earth Maryland Celebrates International Day of Forests 2015

Gree(n)tings everyone!!!

I hope you and yours are doing well. I'm doing fantastic, thanks be to God! On March 21, 2012, the United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution A/RES/67/200, which declared that March 21st of each year is to be observed as the International Day of Forests. The purpose of this Day is to raise awareness on the importance of forests to people. Forests shelter, nurture and inspire. 1.6 billion people depend on forests for their livelihoods, medicine, fuel and food. Forests cover 31% of global land area.

Miss Earth Maryland 2015 Ruby B. Johnson
Woman of the Earth

The International Day provides a platform to communicate the vital role forests play in poverty eradication, environmental sustainability and food security. Forests remain an essential factor to our socio-economic system. They are the essence of our lives. They protect us as we grow, clean the air we breathe, purify the water we drink and provide us with food and health we need. Forests are also the primary habitat for billions of plants and animals.

FORESTS: Life's Beauty

How you can save paper and help the forests.

Sources:
United Nations
Earth Day Network

Ruby B. Johnson,

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