Countdown 2010

The Countdown 2010 initiative brought together more than 1,100 partners across the world who committed to biodiversity conservation actions. The Secretariat hosted a small celebration on 7 December 2010 where partners, donors and friends got together to applaud the initiative and its partners. Global Biodiversity Protection, a Countdown 2010 partner, recorded the event. Click below to see the video. A big thank you to Global Biodiversity Protection!

8 December 2010, Brussels. Twenty, fifty, a hundred thousand is the number of partners that IUCN will engage in conservation in the next decade worldwide. This is the goal of the new Countdown initiative announced yesterday by IUCN. “The greatest achievement of the Countdown 2010 initiative has been to bring together actors which were not traditionally linked to conservation” said John Kidd, IUCN Head of Global Communications “Businesses, local authorities and others have taken direct action to help protect their ...

15 November 2010. Partners from all over the world, more than 1,100 organizations in just six years, thousands of biodiversity actions, international recognition,…now Countdown 2010 goes one step further! IMA Europe – the European Industrial Minerals Association – presented Countdown 2010 with a special prize at its annual Recognition Awards event held in Brussels on 9th November. “IMA Europe members much appreciated the very positive and constructive approach of Countdown 2010 which was still quite unique in considering businesses as potential conservation ...

The photos of the Countdown 2010 Closing Ceremony are now available. Please click on this link to view them. Photos

22 October 2010, Nagoya (Japan) Dear Countdown 2010 partners and friends, As you know, the Countdown 2010 initiative was officially closed on 20 October at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and a new initiative starting in 2011 was announced. I would like to thank all of you personally and on behalf of the Countdown 2010 Secretariat for your commitment and support to the initiative. Your thousands of actions on the ground are a great ...

20 October 2010, Nagoya (Japan). As Countdown 2010 initiative closes, local coordinated actions show way to solving the global biodiversity crisis. IUCN’s Countdown 2010 initiative officially closes today in Nagoya by revealing the best efforts of more than 1,000 organizations around the world to save biodiversity. The ceremony is being held on 20 October 2010 at 8.10 pm at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity being held in Nagoya, Japan. “Countdown 2010 has brought ...