International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May - Environmental ecology and Climate Change

Q.  International Day for Biological Diversity is observed on
- Published on 12 Aug 15

a. 5 June
b. 29th December
c. 14 April
d. 22 May

ANSWER: 22 May
 
From its creation by the Second Committee of the UN General Assembly in 1993 until 2000, it was held on December 29 to celebrate the day the Convention on Biological Diversity went into effect. On December 20, 2000, the date was shifted to commemorate the adoption of the Convention on May 22, 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit, and partly to avoid the many other holidays that occur in late December.

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