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World Water Day 2015

International Day for Biological Diversity 2015

March 22
New Delhi, India
Theme: Water and Sustainable Development

May 22
Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

Each year, World Water Day highlights a specific aspect
of freshwater. Under the theme ‘Water and Sustainable
Development’, the year 2015 provides an important
opportunity to consolidate and build upon the previous
World Water Days to highlight water’s role in the
sustainable development agenda.
UN-Water supports the World Water Day campaign and
sets the theme each year. At the World Water Week 2014,
UN-Water presents the plan for the World Water Day
2015 campaign, which is coordinated by UNDP with the
support of WWAP, UNESCO, HABITAT, UNEP, The
World Bank and UN-DESA.

12 – 17 April 2015
Under the theme of ‘Water for Our Future,’ the 7th World
Water Forum will take place in Daegu & Gyeongbuk of
Korea. At a time when the UN Millennium Development
Goals set in