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#1210842019-05-16
Rundu to host global biodiversity day bash
NAMIBIA will mark the 2019 International Day of Biological Diversity (commonly known as the Biodiversity Action Day) at Rundu in Kavango East region on 22 May, says the Ministry of Environment and Tourism.
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#1211252019-05-21
Ghana joins the world to Mark International Biological Diversity Day
Ghana will join the rest of the world to mark this year’s International Biological Diversity Day on Wednesday, May, 22.
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#1211262019-05-21
World Biodiversity Day: Change Begins With What You Eat
From India’s geographic and climatic diversity has sprung a rich host of local customs, not least its dietary traditions. Every state in India has unique food habits—from source to preparation—that tie closely into the region’s biodiversity, the available options, and the nutritional needs of it ...
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#1211302019-05-21
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.
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#1211392019-05-22
Species extinction not just a curiosity: our food security and health are at stake
While restaurants in cities around the world offer a tremendous variety of dishes, our global diet as a whole—what people actually eat—is becoming more homogenized.
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#1211412019-05-22
International Biodiversity Day marked in Fiji
SUVA, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The rapid decline in biodiversity is linked to the lack of action in the survival and well-being of Fiji's biodiversity, a Fijian government minister said on Wednesday.
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#1211422019-05-22
World Biodiversity Day: Why language should not be forgotten
Languages are a treasure trove of knowledge about a region’s flora, fauna and medicinal plants, say experts
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#1211452019-05-22
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.
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#1211462019-05-22
International Day for Biological Diversity: Here's why the future of our food depends on biodiversity
The United Nations has proclaimed May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
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#1211472019-05-22
Vietnam responds to International Day for Biological Diversity 2019
Ninh Binh (VNA) – An event promoting International Day for Biological Diversity 2019, themed “Our biodiversity, our food, our health”, took place in the northern province of Ninh Binh on May 22.
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#1211482019-05-22
International Day for Biological Diversity 2019: What this year’s theme,‘’Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health’’ mean
This year’s theme focusses on biodiversity as the foundation for our food and health and a key catalyst to transforming food systems and improving human health.
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#1211492019-05-22
VP Naidu calls for equitable, people-centred sustainable development
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday called for achieving equitable and people-centred sustainable development and stressed the need for efficient and frugal use of natural resources.
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#1211532019-05-22
COMMENTARY: May 22 is international biodiversity day — and this scientist thinks change is possible
In the jobs-versus-environment debate, neither side is wrong.
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#1211572019-05-22
International Day for Biological Diversity
Press Release:– Saint Lucia and other Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will be observing the 26th Anniversary of International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD) throughout the month of May.
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#1211672019-05-23
International biodiversity day: Asia's most threatened species
More than 27,000 species worldwide are threatened with extinction, according to the International Union for Conservation and Nature.
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#1211742019-05-23
Qatar one with the world in the celebration of Biological Diversity Day
The State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), marked the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDBD), which is celebrated every year on May, 22nd.
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#1211752019-05-23
South Africa: Environmental Affairs Celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity
South Africa today, 22 May 2019, joins the world in celebrating 26 years of action for biodiversity during the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB).
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#1211762019-05-23
Preserving biodiversity vital to reverse tide of climate change, UN stresses on International Day
Biodiversity in plant and animal life in the world – in terms of species, habitats and genetics – leads to ecosystems that are healthier, more productive and better able to adapt to challenges like climate change, says the UN, and human activity is threatening the fate of species around the worl ...
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#1286222021-05-14
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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#1287452021-05-20
International Day for Biodiversity: The Sooner We See the Web of Life, the Better
The world has been witnessing a series of virus spillovers from wild species to humans. The spate of infectious diseases in recent decades – Chikungunya, Ebola, yellow fever, swine flu, bird flu, SARS, Nipah, Zika – all can be traced to biodiversity loss and the subsequent close interactions be ...
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#1287542021-05-22
"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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#1287552021-05-22
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.
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#1287562021-05-22
Our health depends on nature’s health: 20 Aichi targets to restore balance on Earth
A scorned bat out of hell has been strafing our world, with the bearing of a truly global phenomenon, next only to climate change in its outreach, leaving behind death, distress, and economic debris on a scale that is next only to manmade wars. Biologists have been pulling out research notes to ...
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#1287572021-05-22
International Day for Biological Diversity: Here’s why Northeast is a biodiversity hotspot
The biodiversity of the Northeast is a genetic treasure of various forms of plants and animals. The region comes under the Indo-Burma biodiversity hotspot which ranks 6th among the 25 biodiversity hotspot of the world. Most of the North-Eastern states have more than 60% of their area under fores ...
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#1287582021-05-22
World Biodiversity Day: Ever more imporant amid COVID-19 pandemic
Biodiversity, or biological diversity, means the variety of living beings on Earth. The number of species on our planet are variously estimated between 8 million and 15 million, including plants, animals, fungi, bacteria and other forms of life. Only around 2 million, however, are identified and ...
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#1287592021-05-22
World Biological Diversity Day: Young climate leaders are speaking out
This year has already seen its fair share of unsettling climate news. For the first time, the Amazon rainforest was recognised as a net emitter of greenhouse gases. The increased melting of glaciers in the Arctic and Antarctic is causing the earth’s poles to drift.
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#1287602021-05-22
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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#1287612021-05-22
Volkswagen : On the United Nation's international biodiversity day, Volkswagen is launching a call to all of its employees, with the goal of bringing awareness to the topic of biological diversity
The promotion of biodiversity at our production sites and bringing awareness to our employees are equally important to us,' says Dr. Tobias Bahr, environmental management officer at the Volkswagen Group. In 2007, the company was the founding member of the 'Biodiversity in Good Company' initiativ ...
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#1287622021-05-22
World Biodiversity Day Spotlight: What Do Critically Endangered Great Indian Bustards Want from Us?
ollowing the National Endangered Species Day (May 21), which is celebrated every third Friday of May to raise awareness on such endangered species that are on the verge of extinction, World Biodiversity Day (May 22) is here! The theme for this year’s Biodiversity Day is ‘we’re part of the soluti ...
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#1287632021-05-22
New 'living laboratory' launched by Kew Gardens to study biodiversity benefits in UK
Kew Gardens says its wild botanic garden in Wakehurst will become a "living laboratory", beginning new research to explore the benefits of biodiverse British landscapes.
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#1287642021-05-22
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.
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#1287652021-05-22
Illustrated book seeks to enlist the very young in protecting biodiversity
In the run-up to the United Nations-backed International Day for Biological Diversity on Saturday, the Israel Nature and Parks Authority has published a special Red Book (in Hebrew) for children in which five Israeli animals explain how humans are impacting their lives.
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#1287662021-05-22
UN Day for Biodiversity: If consumers are not given tools to ‘go green’, then the climate is doomed
Biodiversity loss threatens one million animals and plants with extinction. But as we celebrate the UN’s International Day for Biodiversity (May 22) we are greeted by a silver lining: Consumers are waking up. There is an ‘eco-awakening,’ where environmental consciousness and consumerism are inex ...
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#1287672021-05-22
UNGA president calls for integrating nature restoration into efforts to build back better
President of the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) Volkan Bozkir on Friday called on countries to integrate nature restoration into their efforts to build back better.
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#1287682021-05-22
More birds and animals make Delhi’s 7 nature parks their homes
Nestled away from Delhi’s long traffic snarls and high-rise buildings are lush green pockets of carefully planned nature parks that are helping maintain the ecological balance of the national capital. As the world celebrates International Day for Biodiversity on Saturday, it’s relevant to put th ...
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#1287692021-05-22
Why we must celebrate International Biodiversity Day (May 22) in the middle of a raging pandemic, explains Anil Singh
Today is the International Day for Biological Diversity but why celebrate it in the middle of a raging pandemic? Yes, we know that endangered species must be protected and that biodiversity is the key to understanding nature, yet, is there any connection between biodiversity and pandemics? The a ...
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#1287702021-05-22
International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May
As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite all our technological advances we are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ecosystems for our water, food, medicines, clothes, fuel, shelter and energy, just to name a few
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#1287712021-05-22
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.
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#1287722021-05-22
(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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#1287732021-05-22
World celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity May 22
Every year, the world celebrates the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) on May 22, to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues.
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#1287742021-05-22
#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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#1287752021-05-22
Greta Thunberg aims to change how food is produced
In a video posted on Twitter on Saturday, Thunberg said the environmental impact of farming as well as disease outbreaks such as COVID-19, which is believed to have originated from animals, would be reduced by changing how food was produced. “Our relationship with nature is broken. But relations ...
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#1287762021-05-22
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.
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#1287772021-05-22
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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#1287782021-05-22
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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#1287792021-05-22
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 ...
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#1287802021-05-23
They are part of the solution, respect their resolution!
The aim of celebrating this day is to enhance the awareness and understanding of biological diversity. A unique theme titled "We're part of the solution" has been adopted for IBD this year.
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#1287812021-05-23
Humanity in Trouble if Biodiversity Decreases Further, Warns the United Nations
Humanity must rethink its relationship with nature and bet more on the care of all species, is the global call today as we celebrate the International Day of Biological Diversity.
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#1287822021-05-23
World Biodiversity Day: Earth Anthem by Indian poet-diplomat translated into 100 languages
New Delhi [India], May 23 (ANI): Earth Anthem penned originally in English by Indian poet-diplomat Abhay Kumar has been translated into 100 languages on World Biodiversity Day, May 22.
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#1287832021-05-23
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.