World Environment Day, commemorated each year on June 5, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. Here's how people participated across the world in various events this year.
Piant the town.. & body
Ahmedabad: Makeup artist Manoj Patel (L) paints the body of a model using natural paint on June 4, 2011, on the eve of World Environment Day.
Riding high
Beijing: A group of Chinese equestrian enthusiasts ride their horses to work in a campaign to promote a more environment-friendly means of transportation in Beijing on June 3, 2011. About 1,500 people in more than a dozen Chinese cities rode horses to work last week to mark World Environment Day on June 5.
Jungle run
Manila: Students walks in a forest reserve in Manila on June 5, 2011 as the world celebrates World Environment Day.
Big bang
WWF members set up a balloon shaped like a water filter in front of the Brazilian National Congress, to call attention to the voting of the reform of the forestry code, in Brasilia May 11, 2011. The Forestry Code, which sets the percentage of native forest farmers must preserve, could significantly increase agricultural costs as farmers will have to reforest or invest in protected areas.
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