May 22 has been celebrated as ‘World Biodiversity Day’, or ‘International day of Biological Diversity’ since 2001, primarily to create awareness among people and enhance efforts towards conserving biological diversity in land and waterscapes across the world. Each year the biological diversity day observes a theme that aids in the conservation efforts. This year the theme: ‘our solutions are in nature’.

It is challenging to discuss relevant conservation issues in the middle of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic surge in India. On May 2, World Tuna Day will be observed to promote the conservation and sustainable stock management of this deep sea species.