‘Acting locally for global impact’
May 22, 2026May 22 is International Day for Biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of ecological environment where there are interactions among living things, the variety of species in ecosystems and the variety of genes in species.
Biodiversity on the Earth constitutes a major asset for the existence and sustainable development of mankind.
Despite the growing interest in the protection of biodiversity and ecosystems, the number of species still keeps dwindling and lots of animals and plants are on the verge of extinction due to human activities and for different other reasons.
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Secretariat and other international organizations call on all nations, regions and relevant organizations to work to achieve the global targets specified in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
The theme of International Day for Biodiversity 2026 is “Acting locally for global impact”.
The international community stresses that success in halting and reversing biodiversity loss hinges on each nation’s efforts to apply the whole-of-society approach for it.
The DPRK has expanded the area of different types of reserves in stages to protect biodiversity.
Such relevant units as the Ministry of Land and Environment Protection and the Biodiversity Institute under the State Academy of Sciences made field surveys into the situation of major reserves, including biosphere, animal and plant reserves, in recent years. On the basis of the surveys, they set national ecological pathways before designating them as reserves. And they update the lists of biological species and endangered species in the country on a regular basis.
The country works to confirm the candidates for reserves based on the evaluation of its present biodiversity situation and increase the area of reserves in a prospective way. It also pushes ahead with the work to find out and take measures against artificial intervention factors exerting negative impacts on ecological environment in provinces, cities and counties. It also supervises the work to conserve animal and plant resources and conducts mass information work and arranges sci-tech presentations, seminars, workshops and various other events in order to conserve and increase the country’s biodiversity.
Hong Hyo Song, staffer at the Central Committee of Nature Conservation Union of Korea