The World Environment Day, observed since 1973 to create global awareness on the importance of conserving mother Earth, is celebrated on June 5 every year. The theme for this environment day is "Go Wild For Life - Zero tolerance for the illegal wildlife trade."

With this theme, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) encourages each one of us to fight against the illegal trade in wildlife and to help safeguard species under threat for future generations. 

Angola in Africa is the host country of the environment day this year. "Angola is delighted to host World Environment Day, which will focus on an issue close to our hearts. The illegal wildlife trade, particularly the trade in ivory and rhino horn, is a major problem across our continent. By hosting this day of celebration and awareness-raising, we aim to send a clear message that such practises will soon be eradicated," Angolan Environment Minister Maria de Fatima Jardim said, according to the official website of UNEP.

Check out some inspiring quotes by famous personalities to be shared on World Environment Day 2016 here:

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived. – Sidney Sheldon, writer

The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. – Marlee Matlin, actress

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. – Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. – EO Wilson, biologist

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. – Mahatma Gandhi, Father of India.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. â€“ Aldo Leopold, author

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left. – Aldo Leopold, author

People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves. –Robert Collier, author

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. – Henry David Thoreau, author

Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. – Peter Benchley, author

We can have technology, prosperity, nice homes and cars, but at the same time we must be conscious of what we are dumping into the water, the air and our food. – Kevin Richardson, zookeeper

Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble. – Roger Tory Peterson, artist

The future will either be green or not at all. – Bob Brown, Australian senator

The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture. – Gaylord Nelson, former U.S. Senator

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment. – Pat Buckley, Canadian socialite

Here are few slogans that highlight the importance of conserving mother Earth:

Lets go green to get our mother Earth clean.

Save water, it will save you later.

Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink.

When you conserve water, you conserve life.

Save Earth for out next generations.

A drop of water is worth more than a sack of gold to a thirsty man.

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