International Mother Earth Day
The General Assembly designated 22 April as International Mother Earth Day through a resolution adopted in 2009.
The original roots go back to the 1970s when environmental protection was not yet a priority of the national political agendas.
The UN Conference on the Human Environment 1972 in Stockholm marked the beginning of a global awareness of the interdependence between people, other living species and our planet, as well as the establishment of World Environment Day on 5 June and the UN Environment Programme.