The Environment Chronicle

Notable environmental events between 2013 and 2013 Deselect

  1. The year 2013 has been declared "The International Year of the Quinoa" (IYQ). The International Year of the Quinoa was proposed by the government of Bolivia, with support from Argentina, Azerbaijan, Ecuador, Georgia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay, and FAO, and approved by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2011.

  2. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2013 as the International Year of Water Cooperation.