Message from Ms Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of International Day for Biological Diversity "Water and Biodiversity", 22 May 2013

We have not finished exploring the beauty of our planet’s biological diversity, nor have we fully gauged its role in humanity’s well-being and survival – yet we have begun to destroy it. This day of action is an opportunity to step up our mobilization to preserve biological diversity and to ensure that its benefits are shared by all.

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