Timeline on Biodiversity Work

By akalayu

  • World Wildlife Fund set up by IUCN and Julian Huxley

    It was an international fundraising organization to support conservation efforts worldwide.

  • Species survival commission published Red Data Lists

    The Red Data Lists are compilations of species categorized based on their conservation status and extinction risk, used to assess the status of a species.

  • Convention on the International Trade of Endangered Species of Fauna and Flora (CITES)

  • World Conservation Strategy

    A document that outlines living resource conservation for sustainable development.

  • Brandt Commission published - beginnings of sustainable development

  • UN World Charter for Nature

    It provides a philosophical and political framework for environmental conservation and sustainable development.

  • Brundtland Commission on Our Common Future - first defined sustainable development

    The Brundtland Commission, through its landmark "Our Common Future" report in 1987, first defined the concept of "sustainable development" as development that meets present needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.

  • Caring for the Earth: A Strategy for Sustainable Living

    The strategy outlines a vision and plan for a "sustainable society."

  • Earth Summit Rio de Janeiro produced Agenda 21, Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)

  • UN Millennium Summit and the MDGs (millennium development goals)

    Largest-ever gathering of world leaders who agreed to a set time bound and measurable goals for combating poverty, hunger, disease, illiteracy, environmental degradation and discrimination against women.

  • World Summit on Sustainable Development held in Johannesburg

  • World Summit, New York

  • International Year of Biodiversity

    The United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) to raise awareness about the crucial importance of biodiversity and engage people, particularly youth, in the fight to protect all life on Earth.

  • Rio+20 - UN conference on sustainable development

    How to build a green economy and how to improve cooperation for sustainable development resulting in a non-binding paper "The future we want".