DEAR COUNTDOWN 2010 PARTNERS, DEAR READERS |
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The time is now…it is the International Year of Biodiversity! It is the moment to make a difference.
1500 days have passed since I took the reins of the Countdown 2010 initiative. We can be proud of what we have achieved so far together and the journey towards and beyond 2010 will certainly continue.
With this in mind, I have decided last week at a symbolic place and time - Paris at the eve of the launch of the International Year of Biodiversity - to move on to new challenges...
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FEATURE |
2010 - the International Year of Biodiversity |
The International Year of Biodiversity has started! Launch events have taken place all over the world: Brazil, France, Belgium, Germany and many others. Countdown 2010 encourages all of you to boost efforts during the year to make biodiversity better understood and engage more people in its conservation.
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The 2010 calendar of events |
Almost 200 events have already been added to the Biodiversity Year Schedule of Events 2010. Have you included yours? The BYSE 2010 contains biodiversity-related activities scheduled for 2010 organized by museums, zoos, science centres, research institutes, NGOs, local and national governments, businesses, and so no all over the world!
> Add or search for an event
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IYB-UK Partnership |
Based at the Natural History Museum in London, IYB-UK is the partnership of organisations, groups and charities celebrating the IYB in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It already gathers 300 partners, ranging from charities to farmers, local councils to wildlife rangers, schools and colleges to zoos and museums and botanic gardens.
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A video library dedicated to biodiversity on AthenaWeb
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AthenaWeb, a web channel set up to boost science film production and dissemination and a Countdown 2010 partner, launched a video library on biodiversity to celebrate the IYB. Countdown 2010
will support AthenaWeb's efforts in collecting and disseminating the videos.
> Read more on AthenaWeb
> Visit AthenaWeb
> Check out the videos
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DO IT YOURSELF |
Add your project for the IYB! |
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Do you have a great idea for a project, event or initiative in 2010 which you want to share with other Countdown 2010 partners? Posting it on the Countdown 2010 website can help you find partners. You can also vote for the best ideas for 2010!
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> Send your ideas to office@countdown2010.net
> Contribute to the Agrobiodiversity newsletter |
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TOWARDS A NEW BIODIVERSITY TARGET |
Spain identifies biodiversity priorities |
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The Spanish Presidency to the European Council held a conference on the post-2010 vision for the biodiversity target on 26-27 January. After the communication by the European Commission on the four options for the future target, this conference is a milestone in the process towards the adoption of a new regime.
Last week, the biodiversity conference which took place in Trondheim was another important step towards the 10th Conference of the Parties to the CBD in Nagoya.
> Madrid conference outcomes
> Communication by the EC
> Tronheim conference
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STATE OF BIODIVERSITY |
Understanding and addressing the causes of biodiversity loss |
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Biodiversity is being lost through human activities which in turn has a negative effect on ecosystems. A report commissioned by the European Union identifies the major direct drivers for the loss as: the conversion of natural habitats; pollution; unsustainable use of natural resources; the impact of climate change; and invasion by alien species.
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Europe's eight largest construction group has produced a calendar for the International Year of Biodiversity.
Each month the calendar presents one offset action which Eiffage has carried out on its sites. The pictures are accompanied by explanations of how offset measures are implemented and habitats are recreated.
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> Click here to see the calendar |
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LOCAL AND REGIONAL AUTHORITIES |
Local authorities compete for biodiversity crown |
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12 February 2010
Biodiversité – notre future
(Switzerland)
24-26 February 2010
11th Special Session of the UNEP Governing Council
(Bali, Indonesia)
27 February 2010
Biodiversity and Sustainability: Rebuilding Society in Harmony with Nature
(Tokyo, Japan)
2 March 2010
Make Space for Nature
(Brussels)
13-25 March 2010
COP15 CITES
(Doha, Qatar)
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