Tuesday 5 December 2017

when is World Soil Day celebrated?

when is  World Soil Day celebrated?

Options

1) 5 December

2)4 December

3)3 December

4)2 December


answer
 1) 5 December

Other details

 The International Year of Soils, 2015 (IYS 2015) was declared by the Sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly on December 20th, 2013 after recognizing December 5th as World Soil Day.

 In December 2013 the UN General Assembly   designated  5 December 2014 as the first official World Soil Day.

It aims to communicate messages on the importance of soil quality for food security, healthy ecosystems and human well-being.

The Theme for this year Soil Day is ‘Caring for the Planet starts from the Ground’.

World Soil Day is celebrated annually on this day at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations headquarters in Rome, the regional offices and through national and local events.




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