International Day for Biodiversity 2018 (IDB) organised by the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Government of India in association with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), and the Telangana State Biodiversity Board was celebrated at the Prof Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) here on Tuesday.
The theme for IDB for the year 2018 is “Celebrating 25 years of Action for Biodiversity”. The theme was chosen to mark the 25th anniversary of the entry into force for Convention on biological Diversity and to highlight progress made in the achievement of the objective at the national and global levels.
In his chief guest address, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Governor ESL Narasimhan highlighted that India has been conserving our rich biodiversity for ages. We worship trees, animals and rivers because we want to protect them. The celebration today reminds us to go back to our roots to conserve nature in our traditional ways. For us in India it is not the 25th year of conservation, as we should be celebrating thousands of years of conserving nature and living in harmony.
