{"id":14366,"date":"2026-04-23T12:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/?page_id=14366"},"modified":"2026-04-23T12:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:06:01","slug":"international-day-for-biological-diversity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/international-day-for-biological-diversity\/","title":{"rendered":"International Day for Biological Diversity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/04\/biodiversityday_tigerbanner.jpg\" alt=\"Photo by Clovis Wood on Unsplash, beautiful shot of a Tiger at Chester Zoo\" class=\"wp-image-14365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/04\/biodiversityday_tigerbanner.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/04\/biodiversityday_tigerbanner-300x41.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/sustainnet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/280\/2026\/04\/biodiversityday_tigerbanner-768x104.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Friday 22nd May<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harmony with nature and sustainable development<\/strong> &#8211; As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite all our technological advances we are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ecosystems for our water, food, medicines, clothes, fuel, shelter and energy, just to name a few.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This involves respecting, protecting, and repairing our biological wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In December 2022, the world came together and agreed on a global plan to transform our relationship with nature. The adoption of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/resources\/kunming-montreal-global-biodiversity-framework\">Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework<\/a>, sets 23 targets for 2030 and 5 global goals for 2050\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbd.int\/doc\/decisions\/cop-15\/cop-15-dec-04-en.pdf\">to stop and reverse the loss of nature\u00a0<\/a>in 25 years. Among its goals: restore 20% of degraded ecosystems and reduce the introduction or settlement of invasive alien species by 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/observances\/biological-diversity-day\">Read further on what the Global Biodiversity Framework and the Sustainable Development Goals have in common?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday 22nd May Harmony with nature and sustainable development &#8211; As the global community is called to re-examine our relationship to the natural world, one thing is certain: despite all our technological advances we are completely dependent on healthy and vibrant ecosystems for our water, food, medicines, clothes, fuel, shelter and energy, just to name [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2448,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - 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