Jammu, May 21 -- Today is International Biodiversity Day. The United Nations celebrate International Biodiversity Day or World Biodiversity day on May 22, every year. It is celebrated to thank nature and what all it bring to us. This global event which is held on the 22nd of May since year 2000 was first celebrated in 1993. From 1993 to 2000, the day was originally celebrated on December 29 to mark the date the Convention on Biodiversity officially went into effect. In December 2000, the UN General Assembly shifted the observance to May 22. This was done to commemorate the 1992 adoption and to make it easier for countries to plan and host events, avoiding late-December holiday. The day aims to promote and raise global awareness of issues re...