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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.
International Primate Day [111] September 1 Japan Dolphin Day [112] [113] September 1 Amazon Rainforest Day [114] September 5 International Vulture Awareness Day [115] [116] [117] First Saturday of September International Day of Clean Air for blue skies: September 7 World Dolphin Day [118] September 12 International Colugo Day [119] September 15
International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief; International Day for Biological Diversity; International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction; International Day For Monuments and Sites; International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
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
1969 - The Soviet spaceprobe Venera 6 begins its descent into the atmosphere of Venus, sending back atmospheric data before being crushed by pressure. 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 ...
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.
The United Nations General Assembly had declared 2011–20 the United Nations Decade on Biodiversity (Resolution 65/161 [1]).The UN Decade on Biodiversity had served to support and promote implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets, [2] with the goal of significantly reducing biodiversity loss.
The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity is an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the CBD and entered into force on 11 September 2003.