International Day for Biological Diversity

As a part of the World Biodiversity Day celebrations, ITU Bioblitz 2025 aims to build a bridge between local communities and experts, to raise awareness on biodiversity and promote conservation. "ITU Bioblitz 2025" aims to record as many species as possible living in ITU Ayazaga Campus in one day. Volunteers together with experts will observe and document the flora, fauna, and fungi species of the campus. This event will be held free of charge and will be open to any person interested in biodiversity. ITU Bioblitz 2025 22 - 23 May 2025, Istanbul Contact: Istanbul Technical University Sustainability Office | ITU Sustainability Office

Every day there are millions of interactions in nature that are essential for a healthy planet. Losing even a small species can have massive impacts on ecosystems and on humans. Find out more in this handy infographic. via  IPBES

"Everything on our planet - including us - is interconnected and interdependent, like a delicate set of bricks or Jenga tower. The more bricks and the more connections between them, the stronger the tower. But when one piece falls, the whole structure can come crashing down. "

  What is Biodiversity ?

 

It’s a relationship between humans, animals, plants and the environment . It relies on the understanding of how human actions and policies could affect animal, plant & environment health and how it impacts humans as a result . A One Health Approach helps tackle health threats by linking humans, animals, plans and environment together.

 

From the smallest bacteria to the grandest ecosystems, biodiversity is a lifeline for all living things, providing essentials like food, water, and medicine. It's also a natural defense against climate change .  

Healthy ecosystems are a source of food, water, medicine, shelter and more. Yet, human activities have altered most terrestrial habitats. Urgent action is needed to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. Follow the conversations with the hashtags: #BuildBackBiodiversity , #BiodiversityDay on May 22nd.

 The Florida grasshopper sparrow is an endangered subspecies of grasshopper sparrow native to the dry prairies of south-central Florida. The Florida grasshopper sparrow is one of four subspecies of grasshopper sparrows in North America , and is perhaps the most endangered.The Florida grasshopper sparrow is protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act . It is also protected as an Endangered species by the Federal Endangered Species Act and as a Federally-designated Endangered species by Florida's Endangered and Threatened Species Rule. A taxon is Extinct (EX) when there is no reasonable doubt that the last individual has died. A taxon is presumed Extinct when exhaustive surveys in known and/or expected habitat, at appropriate times (diurnal, seasonal, annual), throughout its historic range have failed to record an individual.