India

We are glad to inform that the Government of India/National Biodiversity Authority celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity 2009 across the country in a befiting manner, involving Government Departments, NGOs, academic institutions and various stakeholders.

• Details of the celebration by the Government of India/National Biodiversity Authority
• Celebrations by the Ministry of Environment & Forests, National Biodiversity Authority and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research at the National Bureau of Plant genetic Resources, New Delhi, 22 May 2009
• Press release on the celebrations by the Environment Society of India

Gujarat Science City in collaboration with the Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, is conducting a unique programme on DNA Club (DBT’s Natural Resource Awareness Club) for the promotion and awareness of bioscience and biodiversity education among the school curriculum.

• Gujarat Science City activities

On the eve of the International Day for Biological Diversity 2009, A.P.Bio Board is organising the SAMALOCHANA and exhibition, organised in Aranya Bhawan, Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh.

• A.P.Bio Board Programme

The International Day for Biological Diversity 2009 is celebrated by the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) with students and teachers in the remote hill villages of Kashmir Valley in India.

• International Day for Biological Diversity celebrations in the remote villages in Kashmir Valley, India