World Wildlife Day | Background

Heavy-bodied jumper spiders are native to India and Sri Lanka and can be seen commonly among foliage and within tree trunks. These spiders are capable of leaping as high as 25 times their own size and, as such, are extremely capable predators. World Wildlife Day/Md Rashuidul Rabby

Background

On 20 December 2013, the Sixty-eighth session of the 51�Թ� General Assembly to proclaim 3 March as World Wildlife Day to celebrate and raise awareness of the world��s wild fauna and flora. The date is the day of the adoption of the in 1973, which plays an important role in ensuring that international trade does not threaten the species�� survival.

Previously, 3 March had been designated as World Wildlife Day in a made at the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES (CoP16) held in Bangkok from 3 to 14 March 2013. The CITES resolution was sponsored by the Kingdom of Thailand, the Host of CITES CoP16, which transmitted the outcomes of CITES CoP16 to the UN General Assembly.

The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), in collaboration with other relevant 51�Թ� organizations, facilitates the implementation of World Wildlife Day.

With 183 Member States, remains one of the world's most powerful tools for biodiversity conservation through the regulation of trade in wild fauna and flora.