- World Pest Day, also known as World Pest Awareness Day, is observed on June 6 each year.
- Its main objective is to raise public awareness of the importance of pest management for the protection of public health.
- More often than not, people associate pests with insects, rodents and birds that cause damage to agriculture.
- However, in a broad sense, a pest is any living organism (animal, plant or fungus) which is harmful to humans and their habitats, or to wild ecosystems.
- World Pest Day was initiated by the Chinese Control Pest Association in 2017.
- The inaugural World Pest Day ceremony was held at the Beijing Hotel on June 6 in
- The initiative was supported by the Confederation of European Pest Management Associations, the National Pest Management Association (United States), and the Federation of Asian and Oceania Pest Managers’ Association.
- Improve the professional image of the pest management industry, promote the use of professional pest management, and call attention to the big threats caused by small pests.
