Join us in celebrating the start of 2010 – the International Year of Biodiversity, declared by the United Nations. Throughout the year we will be celebrating biological diversity – the variety of life on earth – and boosting awareness of how important it is for our lives. Most people appreciate the beauty of the natural world, but awareness of biodiversity, how seriously it is threatened, and the implications for human wellbeing, is alarmingly low.
Towards a diverse and sustainable world
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Keeping wildlife in the wild
The future of tuna, sharks and many other species,will be debated in the next two weeks, as Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meet…
04 Mar 2010 | News - News story
Bringing bison back to North America
The next 10 to 20 years could be extremely significant for restoring wild populations of American bison to their original roaming grounds. But for this to happen, more land must be made available for…
02 Mar 2010 | News - Press Release
What next for biodiversity targets
The 2010 biodiversity target was adopted in May 2002 during the sixth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. It aimed to achieve, by 2010 ‘a significant reduction of the…
01 Mar 2010 | News - Audio
