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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 (or World Biodiversity Day) is a United Nations –sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It is currently held on May 22.
International Seal Day: 03-22: March 22 World Meteorological Day: 03-23: March 23 International Day of Zero Waste: 03-30: March 30 Manatee Appreciation Day: 03: Last Wednesday in March World Aquatic Animal Day: 04-03: April 3 World Rat Day: 04-04: April 4 International Beaver Day: 04-07: April 7 Zoo Lovers Day
6 October - International Geodiversity Day [17] 11 October - International Day of the Girl Child. 13 October - International Day for Disaster Reduction. 17 October - International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. 24 October - United Nations Day. 27 October - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage.
The Convention on Biological Diversity ( CBD ), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity ); the sustainable use of its components; and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources.
The International Year of Biodiversity ( IYB) was a year-long celebration of biological diversity and its importance, taking place internationally in 2010. Coinciding with the date of the 2010 Biodiversity Target, the year was declared by the 61st session of the United Nations General Assembly in 2006. It was meant to help raise awareness of ...
The United Nations General Assembly had declared 2011–20 the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (Resolution 65/161). The UN Decade on Biodiversity had served to support and promote implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, with the goal of significantly reducing biodiversity loss. None of the ...
21 March 2025. ( 2025-03-21) Frequency. annual. The International Day of Forests was established on the 21st day of March, by resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 28, 2013. [1] Each year, various events celebrate and raise awareness of the importance of all types of forests, and trees outside forests, for the benefit of ...
To celebrate and raise awareness of the world's wild fauna and flora. Date. 3 March. Next time. 3 March 2025. ( 2025-03-03) Frequency. annual. On 20 December 2013, at its 68th session, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in its resolution UN 68/205, decided to proclaim 3 March, the international day of the adoption of the Convention on ...