International Day for Biological Diversity

The International Day for Biological Diversity (or World Biodiversity Day) is a United Nations–sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It is currently held on May 22.[1]

The Earth seen from Apollo 17. The first International Day for Biological Diversity was celebrated 28 years after the mission.

The International Day for Biological Diversity falls within the scope of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals. In this larger initiative of international cooperation, the topic of biodiversity concerns stakeholders in sustainable agriculture; desertification, land degradation and drought; water and sanitation; health and sustainable development; energy; science, technology and innovation, knowledge-sharing and capacity-building; urban resilience and adaptation; sustainable transport; climate change and disaster risk reduction; oceans and seas; forests; vulnerable groups including indigenous peoples; and food security.[2] The critical role of biodiversity in sustainable development was recognized in a Rio+20 outcome document, "The World We Want: A Future for All".

From its creation by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in 1993 until 2000, it was held on December 29 to celebrate the day the Convention on Biological Diversity went into effect. On December 20, 2000,[3] the date was shifted to commemorate the adoption of the Convention on May 22, 1992, at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, and partly to avoid the many other holidays that occur in late December.[4]

Theme
Year Theme[5]
2000 Dedicated to forest biodiversity
2003 Biodiversity and poverty alleviation – challenges for sustainable development
2004 Biodiversity: Food, Water and Health for All
2005 Biodiversity: Life Insurance for our Changing World
2006 Protect Biodiversity in Drylands
2007 Biodiversity and Climate Change
2008 Biodiversity and Agriculture
2009 Invasive Alien Species
2010 Biodiversity, Development and poverty reduction
2011 Forest Biodiversity
2012 Marine Biodiversity
2013 Water and Biodiversity
2014 Island Biodiversity
2015 Convention on Biological Diversity
2016 Mainstreaming Biodiversity; Sustaining People and their Livelihoods
2017 Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism
2018 Celebrating 25 Years of Action for Biodiversity
2019 Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health
2020 Our solutions are in nature
2021 We're part of the solution #ForNature
2022 Building a shared future for all life
2023 From agreement to action: Build back biodiversity[6]

See also

References
  1. "Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) page for IBD". Retrieved April 21, 2011.
  2. "Compendium of TST (Technical Support Team) Issues Briefs". docs.google.com. Retrieved May 21, 2015.
  3. Victor Giurgiu (September 2011). "Simpozionul "Biodiversitatea pădurilor din România", dedicat "Zilei Internaționale a Biodiversității"". Revista pădurilor (in Romanian). 126 (3–4): 104–106. ISSN 1583-7890. 16753. Archived from the original on May 22, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  4. "The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment". Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  5. "International Day for Biological Diversity – 22 May". Convention on Biological Diversity. Archived from the original on May 19, 2019. Retrieved May 22, 2019.
  6. International Day for Biological Diversity 2023
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