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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 International Day for Biological Diversity falls within the scope of the UN Post-2015 Development Agenda's Sustainable Development Goals.
The Robert Bateman Get to Know BioBlitz [18] started in 2010 to celebrate the international year of biodiversity. In a partnership with Parks Canada there were many sites all across Canada which celebrated bioblitzes on the international day of biodiversity (May 22). British Columbia. There has been an annual BioBlitz in Whistler, BC since 2007 ...
International Day for Biological Diversity; International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict; International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer; International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies; International Day of Forests; International Mother Earth Day; International Noise Awareness Day
International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction: October 13 International E-Waste Day [148] [149] [150] October 14 International Sawfish Day [151] October 17 Stepping Stone Day [152] October 17 Sustainability Day! [153] Fourth Wednesday of October World Okapi Day [154] [155] October 18 International Sloth Day [156] [157] [158] October 20
Over 80 years later, Dec. 7, 1941 is a date that still lives in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II and left an indelible scar on the American psyche ...
2004 - The Stockholm Convention, an international treaty limiting the use of DDT and other persistent organic pollutants, goes into effect. May 18. 1675 - Death of Stanisław Lubieniecki, Polish astronomer (b. 1623) 1711 - Birth of Ruđer Josip Bošković, Serbian atomic theorist (d. 1787) 1850 - Birth of Oliver Heaviside, English physicist (d ...
President-elect Donald Trump is not letting up on his suggestions that the US should retake the Panama Canal, an idea that has been rejected by the government of Panama, which has controlled the ...
Dozens of luxury condos, hotels and other buildings in southeast Florida are sinking at a surprising rate, researchers reported in a recent study. The study, led by scientists at the University of ...