International Years
The year 2007 was declared (International) Year of the Dolphin by the United Nations and UNEP.
(International) Patron of the Year of the Dolphin was H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco, with Special Ambassador to the cause being Nick Carter, of the Backstreet Boys.
2010 was designated the International Year of Biodiversity and presented an opportunity to enhance knowledge of ecosystems and their services.
Currently(2011) they are celebrating the International Year of Forests and preparing for 2012, which has been designated the International Year for Sustainable Energy for All.
(See international observance and list of environmental dates.)
Read more about this topic: United Nations Environment Programme
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“Youth is rather to be pitied than envied by people in years since it is doomed to toil through the rugged road of life which the others have passed through, in search of happiness that is not to be met with in it and that, at the highest, can be compounded for only by the blessing of a contented mind.”
—Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)