January 31 - National Environment Day - Ambiente e Boas Praticas

National Environment Day is celebrated on January 31, because it was on this date that ended the 1st Week of Nature Conservation (January 26, 1976), held in Luanda, with the participation of representatives of invited delegations from Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique and Sao Tome and Principe.

To mark the ephemeris, the Ministry of Environment, in partnership with environmental associations and other partners, make a series of activities.
These activities aim to draw attention to political and social sectors about the need to adopt sustainable measures and standards of life that promote a balanced management of natural resources and improve the quality of life of population.
Given the need to improve the quality of the environment and thus the quality of life of the populations, on this date, people are encouraged to think of the environment in all their components.

Therefore, it is necessary to take a critical approach and reflection on political problems (violation of human rights, lack or inadequate legislation, wars, etc.), social (food security, population growth, lack of urbanization of cities, etc. .), economic (excessive exploitation of natural resources, unemployment, poverty, etc.) that have negative effects on the biophysical (natural) component of the environment and the quality of life of the human being.

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