A Review by Nandasiri (Nandi) Jasentuliyana,
Former Deputy Director-General, United Nations.
“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.” – Jim Fowler
World Wildlife Day was celebrated with an outstanding WEBINAR by the America-Sri Lanka Photographic Art Society Los Angeles (ASPAS) hosted from Los Angeles, USA. ASPAS is a member of the Photographic Society of America (PSA) and International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP) that accounted for a large audience participating in the event.
The celebrations this year was very topical for the Sri Lankan audience in the context of the developments in the country concerning the ongoing human-animal conflict as the World Wildlife Day was celebrated in 2021 under the theme “Forests and Livelihoods: Sustaining People and Planet”, as a way to highlight the central role of forests, forest species, and ecosystems services in sustaining the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people globally, who live within or adjacent to forested areas around the globe.