BEAN is very proud to be able to support the great work being done across the province by organizations engaging Ontario communities in the conservation of biodiversity.

Below are several tools that we hope you, as an event organizer, will find helpful.

Tools to organize & promote your event:

• BEAN’s EcoZone Events Calendar (promote your International Day for Biodiversity or other biodiversity-related events taking place at any time of year)
• Submit your event to the calendar here.
• Download the BEAN logo (jpeg) (png) for your web and print materials.
• Acknowledge your volunteers & participants with a BEAN Appreciation Card.  E-mail info@biodiversityeducation.ca for free hard copies!

International Biodiversity Day Resources  (Remember, Your event is part of Global Efforts to Celebrate & Conserve Biodiversity!)

• For more information on the history of International Day for Biodiversity visit the Convention on Biological Diversity.
• Information on the 2017 International Day for Biodiversity theme, "Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism"
  

Each year the secretariat for the Convention on Biological Diversity chooses a theme for the International Day for Biodiversity. BEAN has developed additional resources for these themes for a number of years:

• 2014: Island Biodiversity – (Ontario’s Natural and ManMade Islands)
• 2013: Water & Biodiversity (Cleaning Up Our Act)
• 2012: Marine Biodiversity (Ontario’s Oceans)
• 2011: Forests & Biodiversity
• 2010: Sustainable Development
• 2009: Invasive Species (Garlic Mustard Removal)

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