{"id":43971,"date":"2025-05-23T20:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=43971"},"modified":"2025-05-23T20:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:26:35","slug":"international-day-for-biodiversity-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-05-2025\/international-day-for-biodiversity-2025","title":{"rendered":"International Day for Biodiversity 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated every year on <strong>22 May.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The IDB commemorates the adoption of the <strong>Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)<\/strong> on<strong> 22 May 1992<\/strong> during the <strong>Rio Earth Summit.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The day creates awareness among the citizens and stakeholders on the importance and need for the conservation of biological diversity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The 2025 theme is <strong>&#8220;Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Convention on Biological Diversity\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Origin:<\/strong> The Convention was opened for signature in<strong> 1992<\/strong> at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (<strong>Rio Earth Summit).<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) entered into force on <strong>29 December 1993.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u00a0The first session of the COP <\/strong>was scheduled in<strong> 1994 in the Bahamas<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Secretariat: <\/strong>Montreal, Canada.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Ratification:<\/strong> The CBD has been ratified by <strong>196 nations<\/strong>, making it one of the most widely adopted international treaties.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The United States<\/strong> is the only UN member state that has <strong>not ratified<\/strong> the convention.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>It has 3 main objectives;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The conservation of biological diversity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The sustainable use of the components of biological diversity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>The governing body<\/strong> is the Conference of the Parties (COP), which <strong>meets every two<\/strong> <strong>years.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework<\/strong><br>&#8211; The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was concluded at COP15 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), held in <strong>Montreal, Canada, in 2022.\u00a0<\/strong><br>&#8211; This framework is a landmark agreement aimed at addressing the global biodiversity crisis.<br>&#8211; It features <strong>23 targets to be met by 2030<\/strong> and <strong>four global goals for 2050 <\/strong>to preserve biodiversity for current and future generations.<br>&#8211; The agreement is <strong>not binding<\/strong> on members.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Role and Biodiversity Profile<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India is one of the <strong>17 mega-diverse countries<\/strong> in the world covering an area of <strong>329 million hectares<\/strong> and is the<strong> ninth <\/strong>largest country.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India is known for its rich biological diversity and accounts for more than <strong>1,00,000 species of animals <\/strong>and <strong>55,000 species<\/strong> of plants in ten bio-geographic regions.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>India\u2019s Conservation Efforts<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The National Biodiversity Action Plan (NBAP)<\/strong>, launched in <strong>2008<\/strong> and updated in <strong>2014,<\/strong> is India&#8217;s primary strategy to meet its obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It&#8217;s a comprehensive plan for conserving biodiversity, promoting sustainable use of resources, and ensuring equitable access to genetic resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Biological Diversity Act, 2002:<\/strong> It established the <strong>National Biodiversity Authority (NBA)<\/strong> at the central level, <strong>State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) <\/strong>at the state level, and <strong>Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)<\/strong> at the local level.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Regulates access to biological resources and associated traditional knowledge, particularly for commercial or research purposes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>People&#8217;s Biodiversity Registers (PBRs) <\/strong>are community-maintained records of local biological resources, traditional ecological knowledge, and conservation practices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of 2025, India has designated <strong>89 Ramsar sites,<\/strong> covering over <strong>1.35 million hectares<\/strong>. Additionally, <strong>49 Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS)<\/strong> have been notified under Section 37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Concluding remarks<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The International Day for Biological Diversity is a reminder of the intricate link between nature and human survival.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As biodiversity continues to decline, urgent collective action is essential to foster harmony with nature and meet the sustainable development targets.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India&#8217;s rich biodiversity and traditional wisdom place it in a unique position to lead by example in global conservation efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/when-is\/international-day-biological-diversity-2025-theme-history-significance-10021041\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The International Day for Biological Diversity is celebrated every year on 22 May.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Background<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The IDB commemorates the adoption of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on 22 May 1992 during the Rio Earth Summit.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The day creates awareness among the citizens and stakeholders on the importance and need for the conservation of biological diversity.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The 2025 theme is &#8220;Harmony with Nature and Sustainable Development.&#8221;<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-05-2025\/international-day-for-biodiversity-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43971"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43997,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43971\/revisions\/43997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}