Arbor Day in Namibia
Arbor Day in Namibia is held on October 10. Held on the second Friday of October. This event in the first decade of the month October is annual. Help us
First Arbor day was initiated in 1872 by Julius Sterling Morton, a Nebraska, USA, newspaper editor, who also served as a secretary of agriculture. In Namibia, arbor day is celebrated every second Friday in October and the day has been celebrated in the country for more than 20 years. Namibia's first Arbor Day was celebrated on October 8, 2004.
The government is committed to encouraging Namibians to make use of indigenous and endangered trees and preserve indigenous knowledge about them for future generations.
We wish them good luck in this!
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Arbor Day in Poland on October 10 (Święta Drzewa);
Fall World Migratory Bird Day on October 11 (Held on the second Saturday of May and October with the support of the United Nations Environment Program - UNEP);
International Environmental Education Day on October 14 (established in 1991);
Wildlife Workers Day in Russia on October 14 (unofficial professional holiday)