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The critical role of biodiversity in sustainable development was recognized in a Rio+20 outcome document, “The World We Want: A Future for All”. [ citation needed ] 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 ...
August 12 World Hirola Day [103] August 12 International Wolf Day [104] [105] August 13 National Honey Bee Day (US only) August 15 World Orangutan Day [106] August 19 World Mosquito Day: August 20 World African Wild Dog Day [107] August 26 International Whale Shark Day [108] [109] August 30 World Beach Day, aka National Beach Day [110] September 1
[7] [8] On February 20, 2024, the President of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, announced that Cali had been chosen to host the event, after a month-long competition with Bogotá. [1] [9] Petro said that Valle del Cauca was "the most biodiverse region in Colombia", both due its natural ecosystems and its ethnic diversity, while noting that the ...
The idea was to earmark a day for the house sparrow to convey the message of conservation of the house sparrow and other common birds and also mark a day of celebration to appreciate the beauty of the common biodiversity which is taken so much for granted. The first World Sparrow Day was celebrated in 2010 in different parts of the world. [7]
India's climate has become progessively drier since the late Miocene, reducing forest cover in northern India in favour of grassland. [23] There are about 29,015 species of plants including 17,926 species of flowering plants. This is about 9.1% of the total plant species identified worldwide and 6,842 species are endemic to India.
Madhav Dhananjaya Gadgil (born 24 May 1942) is an Indian ecologist, [1] academic, writer, columnist and the founder of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, [2] a research forum under the aegis of the Indian Institute of Science. [3]
These inspiring graduation quotes will have your favorite grad wiping away a tear. ... 2024 at 6:28 PM ... the seeds that will grow into a new and different forest that is far more beautiful and ...
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.