“Today is an opportunity to rededicate our efforts in protecting our environment not only for Kenya but for the whole world,” she affirmed.
The Ugandan High Commissioner to Kenya Ambassador Angeline Wapakhabulo on behalf of Dean of Diplomatic Corps said the late Maathai’s efforts to protect and conserve environment transcended all spheres of humanity.
Other Speakers included AU Commissioner for Rural Economy Tumusiine Rhoda, Mette Løyche Wilkie who is the Director, Division of Environmental Policy Implementation at the UNEP and Wanjira Maathai, daughter of the late Maathai.
The inferno will burn for five days under 24-hour guard, which will see the tusks reduced to ashes.
Africa has about 500,000 elephants, down from 1.3 million in the 1970s. Kenya has 37,000 elephants, up from the 16,000 it had at the height of the crisis in 1989 but far below the country’s peak.
The World Wildlife Day was proclaimed by the UN General Assembly on December 20, 2013 to celebrate and raise awareness of the world’s wild fauna and flora.
The 2015 theme is “Wildlife Crime is serious; let’s get serious about wildlife crime”.
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