22 May - International Day for Biological Diversity 2015 - Biodiversity for Sustainable Development !
Discussion details
The United Nations General Assembly, by its resolution 55/201 of 20 December 2000, proclaimed 22 May as The International Day for Biological Diversity, to increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues. For the year 2015, the theme Biodiversity for Sustainable Development was chosen to reflect the importance of efforts made at all levels to establish a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as part of the United Nations Post-2015 Development Agenda for the period of 2015-2030 and the relevance of biodiversity for the achievement of sustainable development.
The selection of the theme also underlines the adoption of the Gangwon Declaration, by ministers and participants to the High-level Segment of the twelfth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). The Gangwon Declaration welcomed the importance given to biodiversity in the outcome document of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals and called for the further integration and mainstreaming of biodiversity in the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
The IDB Dialogue on International Financing for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (21-22 May 2015), is to provide opportunities for Parties to be better informed on the various programmes and initiatives by multilateral and bilateral donor agencies related to the implementation of the Conventions and its Protocols. A representative of the respective agency has been invited to be available to interact with the interested stakeholders on 21-22 May 2015 on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity.
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