António Guterres

United Nations Secretary-General
UNSG António Guterres

Human activities have devastated our wildlife. Human ingenuity can help to save it. Pollution, climate chaos, habitat loss, and exploitation of nature, have pushed a million plant and animal species to the brink of extinction. This is horrifying in...

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Ivonne Higuero

CITES Secretary-General
CITES s-g smiling in front of lush tree

This year, World Wildlife Day invites us all on a journey to explore technological innovation dedicated to the conservation of our planet’s magnificent animals and plants.

 

Digital innovation is transforming the way we safeguard our invaluable...

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QU Dongyu

FAO Director-General
FAO Director General

This year’s theme of World Wildlife Day “Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation” emphasizes the need to harness and optimize evolving digital technologies to safeguard our planet's biodiversity.

As we...

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Achim Steiner

UNDP Administrator
UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner

Dear colleagues and friends, on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme, it is a privilege to join our close partner CITES to mark World Wildlife Day 2024, which focuses on the power of digital innovation to advance wildlife conservation. ...

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Ian Saunders

WCO Secretary General
WCO Secretary General, Ian Saunders

Greetings from the World Customs Organization as you celebrate World Wildlife Day 2024.

As in previous years on 3 March, the United Nations calls for a profound shift in our approach to the use of natural resources and our interactions with the...

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Jürgen Stock

INTERPOL Secretary General
INTERPOL S-G, Jurgen Stock

We are seeing an ever-increasing overlap between the real and virtual worlds, making this year’s World Wildlife Day theme more appropriate than ever.

The theme, ‘Connecting People and Planet: Exploring Digital Innovation in Wildlife Conservation’, is...

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Rebeca Grynspan

UNCTAD Secretary-General
UNCTAD S-G Rebeca Grynspan

Our planet's wildlife, the dazzling array of species that inhabit the earth alongside us, are not merely companions in our journey through time; they are the bedrock of the ecosystems that sustain life as we know it. 

Yet, we find ourselves at a...

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