世界節(jié)假日博覽 第162期:國際生物多樣性日

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.

國際生物多樣性日,有時也叫作世界生物多樣性日，是一個基于生物多樣性課題的聯(lián)合國節(jié)日。1993年，聯(lián)合國設定每年5月22日是國際生物多樣性日，與1992年的里約地球峰會日期相同。里約地球峰會是探討地球生命的主要會議，172個政府組織、108位政府首腦出席了此次峰會。峰會的主題是環(huán)境和可持續(xù)發(fā)展，政府首腦探討了不再破壞自然資源與保護生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的方法。國際生物多樣性日現(xiàn)在注重的是氣候變化對生物多樣性的威脅。專家稱國際生物多樣性日與里約地球峰會的結合將意味著我們有更好的機會保持地球自然資源的多樣性。


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.

生物多樣性是指所有地球生命的全部種類，包括基因物種和細胞物種，涉及所有植物，魚類，昆蟲等其他動物種類。生物多樣性也包括上千種甚至是數(shù)百萬種的構成自然世界的生態(tài)系統(tǒng)。“生物多樣性”一詞出現(xiàn)在1985年，是英語單詞“生物”和“多樣性”的縮寫形式。這個詞已經演變成我們都需要理解的重要概念。尊重生物多樣性就意味著我們必須拯救環(huán)境。現(xiàn)在，生物多樣性是世界上最重要的議題之一，很多人認為氣候變化和生物多樣性的破壞是對我們生存的最大威脅。