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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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#1346312022-05-21
#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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#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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#1346352022-05-22
'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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#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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#1346142022-05-19
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 ...
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#1346392022-05-22
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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#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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#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.
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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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#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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#1346492022-05-22
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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#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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#1346592022-05-22
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 ...
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#1346292022-05-21
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!
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#1287872021-05-23
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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#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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#1346342022-05-21
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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#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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#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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#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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#1346212022-05-21
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).
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#1346412022-05-22
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.
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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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#1287862021-05-23
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.
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#1346382022-05-22
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.
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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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#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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#1287922021-05-24
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.
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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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#1288742021-05-27
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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#1346582022-05-22
Egypt Celebrates World Day for Biological Diversity 2022
Under the slogan “Building a shared future for all life,” Egypt celebrated the World Day for Biological Diversity 2022, on May 22, on the social media platforms of the Ministry of Environment, by presenting a number of videos and posts to raise awareness of biological diversity and its importanc ...
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#1287882021-05-23
Ethiopia: Ensuring Sustainability Ethiopia's Plant Biodiversity
Ethiopia is home to a rich diversity of plant and animal species and is one of the world's most important centers for further development of crops such as coffee. The country possesses an estimated number of 6000 species of higher plants of which 10per cent are endemic.
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#1346242022-05-21
Food Expo to mark Biodiversity day
A Food exhibition is being organised in the city to mark the International Biodiversity Day (IBD) on May 22. The exhibition, organised by National Biodiversity Authority at the Kalaivanar Arangam, will be open to public from 1.00 pm to 5.00 pm, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) Chairman Dr.V ...
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#1346252022-05-21
Forest min launches Revised Nagaland State Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan
The Revised Nagaland State Biodiversity Strategy Action Plan (NSBSAP) was launched by Minister for Forests, Environment & Climate Change YM Yollow Konyak on Friday during the celebration of the International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB) 2022.
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#1346572022-05-22
GDC Bhaderwah organises a webinar on “International Biological Diversity Day”
Department of Environmental Sciences in collaboration with Eco Club, Govt. Degree College, Bhaderwah organised a webinar on the topic _“Biodiversity of Chenab Basin”_ to commemorate “International Biological Diversity-2022 in order to raise awareness about the life forms facing threat of extinction.
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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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#1346602022-05-23
Goa’s notified wetlands to go up to 13: Govt
In addition to the six notified recently, Goa will soon get seven more wetlands, enviornment minister Nilesh Cabral said on Sunday, during celebrations of the International Day for Biological Diversity by the Goa state biodiversity board (GSBB).
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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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#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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#1346172022-05-21
IUCN statement on UNCCD COP15 and International Day for Biological Diversity
The 15th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) closes today, 20 May 2022.
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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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#1287852021-05-23
Images of endangered species raise awareness on Day for Biological Diversity
A giant image of the Yelkouan Shearwater (Garnija) formed by 500 pieces of coloured clothing laid out on the sand at Golden Bay has been produced by BirdLife Malta for the International Day for Biological Diversity.
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#1288152021-05-25
Importance Of Nature And Culture-Based Solutions For Biodiversity Conservation Discussed On International Day Of Biological Diversity
New Delhi: Experts from different parts of India discussed the importance and different aspects of biodiversity conservation, its relationship with technology and sustainable development at a programme organised on the occasion of International Day of Biological Diversity.
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#1287912021-05-24
In New Film, Greta Thunberg Connects the Dots Between Animal Exploitation, Climate Crisis, Pandemics
A new short film featuring climate action leader Greta Thunberg highlights the connections between the climate crisis, ecological emergency, and the COVID-19 pandemic as well as other public health crises that are likely to arise from humans' exploitation of animals — and explains how communitie ...
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#1289052021-05-31
India Biodiversity Award 2021: Winners, Categories, Eligibility, Selection Process, and More
On the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May, India Biodiversity Award 2021 were presented. The first round of award was presented in 2012. Check the complete list of winners below.
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#1287892021-05-23
Indigenous people worst sufferers of climate change
Indigenous people are the worst sufferers of the impact of climate change in the world including Bangladesh, said environmentalists and researchers at a webinar yesterday.
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#1346562022-05-22
Indore: On International Day for Biological Diversity, nature walk organised at city zoo
“When we grow or save one tree, we give life to almost 20 species. We are also planning to make seed balls and plant them along Barwaha Road and several other places in the city. Last year we planted seeds in an area near Jam Gate and in a jungle along the Maheshwar Road,” said Parulekar.
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#1346672022-05-23
Int'l Day On Biodiversity Celebrated At IUB
The International Day for Biological Diversity was celebrated worldwide to increase understanding and awareness of Biodiversity issues.
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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.