3 March 2021
Geneva/New York/Washington DC, 3 March – From almost 600 entries submitted by young artists from over 50 different countries, 18-year-old Ka Yi Siu of Hong Kong SAR, China has been chosen as the winner of the World Wildlife Day 2021 International Youth Art Contest.
Ka Yi was selected as the winner for her stunning piece aptly entitled
Balance Between Urban and Nature.
“
Forests and livelihoods: sustaining people and planet”, was the theme of this year’s global competition hosted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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International Youth Art Contest announces Ka Yi Siu of Hong Kong SAR, China as 2021 winner
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International Youth Art Contest for World Wildlife Day 2021
Geneva/New York/Washington DC, 18 December – In celebration of World Wildlife Day (WWD) 2021, celebrated each year on March 3
rd, IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, is hosting its third annual global art contest in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the theme of ‘Forests and livelihoods: sustaining people and planet.
Between 240 and 350 million people live in or adjacent to forested areas globally, many of them members of indigenous peoples and local communities with long-standing cultural and social attachment to these environments. The traditional knowledge of these communities who have managed forest ecosystems and its wildlife for centuries, is critical to the conservation of the planet’s most important reservoirs of biodiversity.
In Celebration of World Wildlife Day 2021, IFAW Unites with CITES and UNDP for International Youth Art Contest
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GENEVA and NEW YORK and WASHINGTON, Dec. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ In celebration of World Wildlife Day (WWD) 2021, celebrated each year on March 3
rd, IFAW, the International Fund for Animal Welfare, is hosting its third annual global art contest in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the theme of
Forests and livelihoods: sustaining people and planet.