Press Release

MEMO – To Ring a Bell for Biodiversity

Montreal, 21 May 2010. The International Year of Biodiversity is a wake up call for humanity. On 22 September Heads of State will assemble at the United Nations to discuss the biodiversity crisis. Simultaneously, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will encourage the ringing of bells all over the world as an urgent ‘memo’ to rouse the world to action. The bells will also be rung each year on 22 May during celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity.

Publication Date
2010-05-21