World Environment Day: Awareness and action are needed to restore the ecosystem

World Environment Day is globally celebrated every year on June 5.

New Delhi: World Environment Day is globally celebrated every year on June 5 and is the United Nations' principal amplifier to encourage awareness and action for the protection of the environment. The theme for this year is 'Ecosystem Restoration’ and brings into focus the critical importance of preserving eco-fragility for collective well-being. “The pandemic has shown us that if we stay oblivious to the destruction of eco-diversity, we will pay dearly. The only proactive synergy between all stakeholders can protect the environment,” says Bikrant Tiwary, CEO of Grow-Trees.com (GT). On June 5, Grow-Trees.com is also celebrating its Founder’s Day and 11 eventful years of its inception. GT is a social initiative that was started in the Year 2010 with a vision to increase environmental awareness through planting or gifting trees on special occasions and went on to become the official partner of UN Environment Program’s 'Billion Tree Campaign' and joined WWF’s 'Cities for Forest' Campaign in 2011.