Press Release

Biodiversity needed to feed the world, the International Day for Biological Diversity 22 May 2008

Bonn, 22 May 2008—Against a background of rising food prices, and with pressures from climate change affecting fields and orchards, celebrations of the International Day of Biological Diversity (IBD) will stress the need to properly protect and manage the world’s biodiversity in order to ensure a secure supply of food for a growing world population.

Publication Date
2008-05-22