世界节假日博览 第162期:国际生物多样性日

The International Day for Biological Diversity, sometimes called World Biopersity Day, is a United Nations holiday based on biopersity issues. It started in 1993 and is held on May 22. This is the date of the Rio Earth Summit of 1992. This was a major meeting to discuss life on our planet. A total of 172 governments attended the Summit, with a total of 108 heads of state. The main topics were the environment and sustainable development. Governments discussed ways to halt the destruction of irreplaceable natural resources and to protect ecosystems. The day now focuses on the threats climate change has on biopersity. Experts say that tackling both together will mean we have a better chance of keeping the Earth's natural riches.

国际生物多样性日,有时也叫作世界生物多样性日，是一个基于生物多样性课题的联合国节日。1993年，联合国设定每年5月22日是国际生物多样性日，与1992年的里约地球峰会日期相同。里约地球峰会是探讨地球生命的主要会议，172个政府组织、108位政府首脑出席了此次峰会。峰会的主题是环境和可持续发展，政府首脑探讨了不再破坏自然资源与保护生态系统的方法。国际生物多样性日现在注重的是气候变化对生物多样性的威胁。专家称国际生物多样性日与里约地球峰会的结合将意味着我们有更好的机会保持地球自然资源的多样性。


Biopersity is the total variety of all forms of life on our Earth. It includes life at the genetic and cell level, through to all plant, fish, insect and animal species. Biopersity also includes the thousands, perhaps millions, of ecosystems that make up our natural world. The word “biopersity“ arrived in 1985. It is a contraction of the words “biological” and “persity“. The word has grown into a very important concept we all need to understand. A respect for biopersity means an understanding that we must help save our environment. Today, biopersity is one of the world's most important issues. Many say that together with climate change, damage to biopersity is the biggest threat to our survival.

生物多样性是指所有地球生命的全部种类，包括基因物种和细胞物种，涉及所有植物，鱼类，昆虫等其他动物种类。生物多样性也包括上千种甚至是数百万种的构成自然世界的生态系统。“生物多样性”一词出现在1985年，是英语单词“生物”和“多样性”的缩写形式。这个词已经演变成我们都需要理解的重要概念。尊重生物多样性就意味着我们必须拯救环境。现在，生物多样性是世界上最重要的议题之一，很多人认为气候变化和生物多样性的破坏是对我们生存的最大威胁。