International Day for Biodiversity: UN looks to preserve nature and ensure nutrition access

22 May 2024 — The UN Secretariat for Biological Diversity asserts that biodiversity is essential for the survival of “everything in nature,” including nutrition, clean water and shelter. On today’s International Day for Biodiversity, the international community commemorates the adoption of the text of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on the same date in 1992.