European Leaders Start Countdown To Halt Loss Of Biological Wealth In Europe By 2010
25 May 2004 Malahide, Ireland. “We have six years to make a difference,” with these words Yolanda Kakabadse, former Ecuadorian Minister of Environment and President of IUCN - The World Conservation Union, launched “Countdown 2010″ a pioneering pan-European initiative to help stem the loss of species and ecosystems” in Malahide, Ireland earlier today. The initiative, a joint undertaking of the European biodiversity stakeholders, among them European Institutions, the Irish Presidency of the European Union, IUCN and its over 350 members in the region, aims to draw public attention and catalyze action to help fulfill the numerous commitments made by European Heads of State to halt the loss of biological diversity on the continent by the year 2010.
