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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.
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 California Coast Ranges Biosphere Reserve (established 1983) was a UNESCO Biosphere reserve located along the California Coast Ranges of northern California and the San Francisco Bay area until June 2017. [1] This biosphere reserve includes a highly diverse complex of evergreen sclerophyllous woodland, coastal, estuary and marine ecosystems .
The California Floristic Province is a world biodiversity hotspot as defined by Conservation International, due to an unusually high concentration of endemic plants: approximately 8,000 plant species in the geographic region, and over 3,400 taxa limited to the CFP proper, as well as having lost over 70% of its primary vegetation.
Earth Day is an annual event on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) [1] including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. [2] [1] [3]
In 2023, alongside a team from the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project, he undertook a 39-day journey by canoe down the Cassai River in Angola, covering over 754 kilometers (469 miles ...
annual. The Coral Triangle Day was established on June 9, to celebrate and raise awareness of the ocean conservation and protection, especially on the Coral Triangle, the world's epicenter of marine biodiversity. Intended as an open-sourced event, the day is celebrated by individuals, organizations, and establishment concerned on the Coral ...