The welfare and prosperity of people depend on a “rich variety of life on earth,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday in his message for the International Day for Biological Diversity.

The UN chief said that since December 1993, when the Convention on Biological Diversity came into force, its parties have acted to conserve the earth’s flora and fauna in a sustainable and fair way.

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