On this day we celebrate the planet’s incredible tapestry of life and recognise the importance of biodiversity and its profound impact on us. International Day for Biodiversity encourages us to be aware, appreciate, and preserve the life around us from the microscopic to the gigantic.
Conservation is not just about protecting rare species or preserving breathtaking landscapes, it’s about safeguarding the foundation of our existence. Biodiversity provides us with nutrition, medicine, leisure and artistic inspiration. Many things that endanger wildlife also threaten us like climate change and pollution. Helping them also helps us.
Together, we can make a difference by raising awareness, supporting conservation initiatives, and making sustainable choices in our daily lives to create a brighter future for all living things. Let’s commit to taking action to preserve our planet’s biodiversity for generations to come.
To commemorate IDB 2023, the Ministry of Environment is once again hosting a Virtual Art Exhibition under the theme Building Back Biodiversity. The Exhibit can be viewed at ‘Virtual Art Exhibition – 2023 | Biodiversity Barbados’.