International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) -- 22 MAY 2024
The Theme of Biodiversity Day 2024: "Be part of the Plan"
“Be part of the Plan”, the theme of IDB 2024, is a call to action for all stakeholders to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by supporting the implementation of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, also referred to as the The Biodiversity Plan.
The Biodiversity Plan offers opportunities for cooperation and partnerships among diverse actors.
Governments, indigenous peoples and local communities, non-governmental organizations, lawmakers, businesses, and individuals are encouraged to highlight the ways in which they are supporting the implementation of the Biodiversity Plan. Everyone has a role to play and therefore can Be Part of the Plan.
This year the celebration of IDB will coincide with two meetings of Subsidiary Bodies of the Convention on Biological Diversity both taking place in Nairobi, namely: the twenty-sixth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA, 13-18 May) and the fourth meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI, 21-29 May).
IDB 2024 is expected to increase the visibility momentum in the lead-up to the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16), to be held in Colombia from 21 October to 1 November 2024.
Click here to read the full notification with more information about this year's theme.
The IDB 2024 hashtags
Join the global social media campaign using the IDB hashtag: #BiodiversityDay. You can also use #PartOfThePlan #ForNature in your posts on social media.
The logo of IDB 2024
You can download the logo in the six official languages:
Biodiversity Day Logo Customization Tool
You can show support for biodiversity by customizing the Biodiversity Day logo. Make and share your unique logo on your preferred social media platforms and in your videos,visuals, email signatures, and more. Click here to customize your Biodiversity Day logo
Additional resources for this year’s IDB
Visit this page again for:
- Messages from current and past Presidencies of the Conference of the Parties, governments, United Nations actors, civil society, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities. (Guidelines on how to submit a video message)
- List of events that you can join: Links to the events that are being held in countries and around the world. (Send us information about your IDB 2024 event)
- Additional communication material: visuals assets, messages and suggestions of activities you can undertake on IDB 2024 will be provided in a dedicated Trello Board, so that you can also take part in our global digital campaign on your preferred social media platforms.
More on the Biodiversity Plan
On 19 December 2023, the one-year anniversary of the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity launched “The Biodiversity Plan” campaign aiming to communicate and promote the 4 Goals and the 23 Targets of the Framework to the world. Communicating the Biodiversity Plan is crucial to enabling a whole-of-government and whole-of-society approach that will take the world from agreement to action.
The International Day for Biodiversity is the perfect opportunity to keep momentum going in order to protect and restore nature, to prosper with nature, to share benefits fairly, and to invest and collaborate for nature.