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#128754
2021-05-22

"We're Part Of Solution": International Day For Biological Diversity 2021 Theme

To celebrate natural diversity and spread awareness, May 22 is marked every year as the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) globally. Earlier, December 29 was designated as the International Day for Biological Diversity but in 2000, the UN General Assembly chose May 22 to mark the day.

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#134631
2022-05-21

#BiodiversityDay: How the IAEA Contributes to Bend the Curve of Biodiversity Loss

The topic of this year’s International Day for Biological Diversity is “building a shared future for all life”. It celebrates all the efforts to bend the curve of biodiversity loss at a time when biodiversity is declining faster than ever in human history.

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#128774
2021-05-22

#ClimateOn: 150 trees and shrubs planted for World Biodiversity Day

A hundred and fifty trees and shrubs were planted around the area of the Ta’ Qali National Stadium on the occasion of World Biodiversity Day.

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#134635
2022-05-22

'Build a shared future for all life', urges UN chief on Biodiversity Day

Three-quarters of the land-based environment and about 66% of the marine environment have been significantly altered by human actions. On the International Day for Biological Diversity, the UN Secretary-General urged to end the ‘senseless and destructive war against nature’.

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#128772
2021-05-22

(Hello Africa) Biodiversity of African animals

Biodiversity is a major asset for the African continent as it contains an estimated one-fifth of all known species of mammals, birds and plants in the world. Let's appreciate the African animals on the International Day for Biological Diversity which falls on Saturday.

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#134614
2022-05-19

139 countries get head start on efforts to reverse species loss

International Day for Biological Diversity: 139 countries get head start on efforts to reverse species loss. With global biodiversity loss at dangerous levels, 139 countries have received a lifeline to fast-track efforts to conserve, protect and restore species and ecosystems as soon as a new gl ...

Notification
#1040
2008-04-04

2008 International Day for Biological Diversity: “Biodiversity and Agriculture”

Reference: SCBD/OMG/DAINS/63046 (2008-039)
To: CBD National Focal Points

As the world prepares to celebrate the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD), I have the pleasure to inform you that all documentation related to this year’s celebrations of IBD, under the theme Biodiversity and Agriculture, is now available on the Secretariat’s website at: http://www ...

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Notification
#1233
2009-05-29

2010 International Day for Biological Diversity

Reference: SCBD/OES/AD/DA/fd/67429 (2009-057)
To: CBD National Focal Point and International Organizations

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and countries to pay homage to the diversity of life that sustains us all. The day serves as an annual reminder that the efforts being carried out to preserve biodiversity and use it ...

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Notification
#1684
2011-04-18

2011 International Day for Biological Diversity: “Forest Biodiversity”

Reference: SCBD/OES/OES/AD/fd/75819 (2011-084)
To: CBD National Focal Points and International Organizations

“Forest Biodiversity”, this year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), provides the unique opportunity to galvanize people throughout the world to directly influence the fate of forests and the diverse life forms that live in them.

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News Headlines
#134639
2022-05-22

A shared future for life

The United Nations (UN) has proclaimed May 22 as The International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.

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#128622
2021-05-14

AIPP plans to celebrate International Day for Biodiversity and World Environment Day May 22 - June 5

The land, territories, and resources of Indigenous Peoples are home to 80% of the Planet’s biodiversity[1] and, at least 24% of the total carbon stored aboveground in the world’s tropical forests[2]. 56 percent of all terrestrial key biodiversity areas including protected areas, parks, critical ...

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#128783
2021-05-23

ASEAN stars, envi’t advocates join ACB’s newest campaign for biodiversity

On the International Day for Biological Diversity, the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity launched its newest campaign dubbed as #WeAreASEANBiodiversity: Our homes, our lives, our stories as part of its efforts to amplify the call for wider participation in protecting biodiversity and humankind.

Press Release
#70236
2010-05-21

An Enhanced Communication Tool for a New Biodiversity Era - The website of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) enhanced to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity and the International Year of Biodiversity

Montreal, 21 May 2010 – The new look and feel of the website of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will be launched on 22 May 2010 to mark the annual celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity.

Press Release
#6247
2003-05-22

Annan calls for preservation of world's biodiversity

22 May - Calling biodiversity "an essential heritage for all humankind", United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appealed to governments and the entire international community to preserve the planet's diverse ecology "on which all life depends"

News Headlines
#128764
2021-05-22

Australian seed vault breeds hope for preserving biodiversity

As the world marks the the International Day for Biological Diversity, researchers of the seed vault hope their work would bring more hope for conservation of biodiversity.

Meeting
#3566

B-Day : Day of Biodiversity

22 May 2010, Lisbon, Portugal

News Headlines
#128760
2021-05-22

Beijing to host biodiversity summit amid wave of extinctions

May 22 is International Day for Biological Diversity. As scientists warn of a catastrophic wave of extinctions, China is preparing to host the United Nations (UN) COP-15 Summit on conserving biodiversity in southwest China's Kunming city in October. Environment Minister Huang Runqiu said China w ...

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#134649
2022-05-22

Bhopal: International Biodiversity Day; 35 species of birds spotted at Van Vihar

As many as 35 species of birds were spotted at Van Vihar National Park in the city on Sunday morning. The birds included Chestnut-tailed Starling, Common Iora, Purple Sunbird, Rose Ringed Parakeet, Pond Heron, Woodpecker, Coppersmith Barbet, Black Drongo, Common Hawk Cuckoo, Grey Hornbill, Shikr ...

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#128777
2021-05-22

Biodiversity Day 2021: 3 questions to Pierre-Yves Burlot, Head of Sustainable Development at Séché Environnement

Biodiversity Day 2021: 3 questions to Pierre-Yves Burlot, Head of Sustainable Development at Séché Environnement 22/05/2021 For Séché Environnement, the preservation of biodiversity is a long-term commitment. A corporate strategy that requires the expertise of specialists, the involvement of emp ...

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#134659
2022-05-22

Biodiversity Day: Building a shared future for all life

This year’s slogan of the International Day for Biological Diversity celebrated on May 22nd is Building a shared future for all life. Despite all the technological advances of mankind, the availability of water, food, medicine, and energy depends entirely on the healthy and vital ecosystems of t ...

Meeting
#3915

Biodiversity Fair

22 May 2010, Haa, Bhutan

News Headlines
#134629
2022-05-21

Biodiversity Week: Celebrate and help to protect nature!

This week is National Biodiversity week in Ireland and the National Biodiversity Data Centre want us to celebrate and help protect our biodiversity. There is a lot going on, from counting hedgehogs to celebrating hedgerows!

News Headlines
#128787
2021-05-23

Biodiversity conservation, an asset to fight coronavirus

In a message on the occasion of The International Day for Biological Diversity, Kioumars Kalantari, head of the natural environment and biodiversity of the Department of Environment stressed that the most unique feature of the planet is the existence of life on the planet and the most amazing as ...

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#128778
2021-05-22

Biodiversity falls in Portugal in flora, fish and birds

The diagnosis, on the International Day of Biodiversity, which is celebrated on 22 May, is from activist Paulo Lucas, leader of the association Zero, who told Lusa news agency that the Portuguese flora is in a "very serious situation", with "dozens and dozens of species with protected status", b ...

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#134634
2022-05-21

Biodiversity in protecting world

INTERNATIONAL Biodiversity Day is observed on May 22 every year and the day is important in raising awareness about biodiversity and in deciding what to do about it. The day falls under the UN Sustainable Development Goals of the post-2015 development agenda.

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#128779
2021-05-22

Biodiversity means health, ours and that of the planet

“We should celebrate biodiversity every day, not just on May 22nd” comments Edie Mukiibi, Vice- President of Slow Food. “Why? Because biodiversity is what enables agricultural systems to resist and overcome environmental shocks, pandemics and the climate crisis. It provides essential ecosystem ...

Press Release
#47602
2008-05-22

Biodiversity needed to feed the world, the International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2008

Bonn, 22 May 2008—Against a background of rising food prices, and with pressures from climate change affecting fields and orchards, celebrations of the International Day of Biological Diversity (IBD) will stress the need to properly protect and manage the world’s biodiversity in order to ensure ...

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#128776
2021-05-22

Biodiversity protection key to securing jobs and the economy

As the world's climate catastrophe worsens, protecting biodiversity has become critical to the survival of mankind, in light of the alarming rate of biodiversity loss globally.

News Headlines
#121130
2019-05-21

Biodiversity: Key to human health and food security

Our health depends on the food we eat, not just the amount but the variety of food which ensures balanced nutrition.

Press Release
#70184
2010-05-19

Biodiversity: The Foundation of Human Well-Being and Global Prosperity - Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity

Montreal 22 May 2010. Since 1994, the world has celebrated the International Day for Biological Diversity. The celebration on 22 May this year is, however, special. This is not only because 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, but also because the theme, “Biodiversity for Developme ...

Meeting
#4233
News Headlines
#134621
2022-05-21

Biological Diversity Day: Peri-urban living a ‘poisoned chalice’ for city’s caracals

Research by University of Cape Town (UCT) PhD graduate Dr Gabriella Leighton and colleagues has shown that organochlorine pollutants along Cape Town’s peri-urban fringes are present in concerningly high concentrations in the body tissue of the city’s caracals (or rooikat).

News Headlines
#134641
2022-05-22

Building a shared future for all life

We are familiar with the word biodiversity, though it is used less in comparison with words like nature or environment. Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on the Earth.

News Headlines
#121153
2019-05-22
News Headlines
#128786
2021-05-23

Call for Environmental Awareness on Day of Hungarian Nature

Meanwhile, on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity, Máté Kanász-Nagy, co-leader of green opposition LMP party, said the creation of a livable environment and the preservation of wildlife were equal to the very future of civilization.

News Headlines
#134638
2022-05-22

Call for urgent action on measuring progress for ctitical biodiversity targets

As the world commemorates International Biodiversity Day, TRAFFIC urges governments to finalize the global goals and targets to conserve and sustainably use biodiversity which are under development for the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

News Headlines
#121145
2019-05-22

Celebrate World Biodiversity Day By Prioritising Atewa’s Biodiversity, Not Its Bauxite

The Atewa Range Forest Reserve (Atewa Forest) in the Eastern Region of Ghana as one of Africa’s rich biodiversity hotspots deserves the utmost priority in nature conservation for its long-term benefit to the country.

Notification
#723
2006-04-27

Celebrating the Diversity in Deserts

Reference: /SCBD/I&O/DA/DN/fd/54660 (2006-024)
To: CBD National Focal Points

The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity joins the rest of the world in celebrating the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. In keeping with the spirit of these celebrations, the Secretariat invites countries that encompass desert areas to provide pictures for post ...

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Press Release
#32863
2007-05-17

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity

This year, the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May will be celebrated on the theme “Biodiversity and Climate Change”. The theme is particularly appropriate, coming in the wake of the recently released Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. T ...

Press Release
#59720
2009-05-22

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity

Montreal, 22 May 2009 – Invasive alien species (IAS) - one of the greatest threats to biodiversity, and to the ecological and economic well-being of society and the planet – is this year’s theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB). This year, the event is being marked by a r ...

Web Announcement
#32864
2007-05-17

Celebrating the International Day for Biological Diversity.

<br>View also the communiqué <a href='/doc/press/2007/pr-2007-05-17-ibd-es.pdf'>in Spanish</a>

News Headlines
#128755
2021-05-22

Checklist of new and newly recorded species in Yunnan released

The checklist of new and newly recorded species in Yunnan (1992-2020) (herein after referred to as Checklist), issued by the Department of Ecology and Environment of Yunnan Province, was released at the press conference of the 2021 International Biodiversity Day on May 22 in Kunming.

Web Announcement
#70607
2010-06-05
News Headlines
#128792
2021-05-24

Comprehending the environmental dimensions of SDGs

Countries are on track to miss the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relating to environmental protection, two UN entities warn in new report issued on 22 May to coincide with the International Day for Biological Diversity.

News Headlines
#128771
2021-05-22

Croatia Marking International Day for Biological Diversity, Nature Protection Day

In terms of biodiversity, Croatia is near the very top in Europe, with about 40,000 species officially recorded, although they are estimated to range from 50,000 to 100,000, the Economy and Sustainable Development Ministry says.

Press Release
#11508
2005-05-18

Declines in Biodiversity threaten development goals –Findings of Biodiversity Synthesis presented to coincide with International Day for Biological Diversity

Earth’s species – their variety and numbers –are declining faster than ever, threatening the well-being of humans today and in the future. According to a new study presented at McGill University on May 19, to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity, which takes place on 22 May 2005, ...

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#128874
2021-05-27

Denmark celebrated International Day for Biological Diversity with history from the archive

On 22 May 2021 the Royal Danish embassy in Bangkok opened another page of history from the archive on the Danish-Thai relationship in a statement that read: Did you know? 22 May marks The International Day for Biological Diversity. Denmark and Thailand have a long shared history of collaboration ...

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