Liberia
CALL FOR POSTERS
The National Environmental Commission of Liberia (NECOLIB) is inviting high school students to participate in a poster competition, depicting the biological diversity of Liberia. This competition is part of public awareness under the project, LIR/02/G31, LIBERIA’S NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN, in commemoration of the International Day for Biodiversity, which falls on 22 May 2003. Each contestant is required to submit one poster/pictorial portraying Liberia’s rich biological diversity. Deadline for submission of entries is 31 May 2003. Winners will be announced on 5 June 2003 during the celebration of World environment Day.
First Price US$150.00
Second Price 100.00
Third Price 50.00
Entries must be submitted to:
GEF/UNDP Biodiversity Project
National Environmental Commission of Liberia
Ministry of Agriculture Compound
5th Street, Sinkor, Monrovia, Liberia
Signed:____________________________________
Ben Turtur Donnie
LEAD NATIONAL CONSULTANT
Date: ______________________________________
Note:
Biodiversity, the variety of life on Earth and the natural patterns it forms, encompasses all plants, animals and microorganisms, genetic differences within each species and the variety of ecosystems in which living creatures, including humans, for a community, interacting with one another and with the air, water, and soil around them.
At the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, world leaders agreed on a comprehensive strategy for “sustainable development” – meeting our needs while ensuring that we leave a healthy and viable world for future generations. One of the key agreements adopted at Rio was the CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. This pact among the vast majority of the world’s governments sets out commitments for maintaining the world’s ecological underpinnings as we go about the business of economic development. The Convention establishes three goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits from the use of genetic resources
