Countdown 2010

Academia Story featured in the Made in Countdown 2010 publication Action The NatureGate® R&D together with the University of Helsinki created the NatureGate® Online Service, which can be used to identify species easily and rapidly, just by making observations of the specimen and clicking provided options accordingly. NatureGate® is designed to facilitate lifelong learning of sustainable use of biodiversity. NatureGate® has taken about half a million excellent photos of species in their environment, written extensive texts, analysed observable critical characteristics of species and ...

13 October 2010. On 21 October during the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, Wetlands International will present in the form of a booklet the State of the World’s Waterbirds 2010. The presentation will show how different groups of waterbird populations are doing in different parts of our world. The publication also highlights why some populations are in continuing decline while others are recovering. The overview is based on survey work coordinated for over 40 ...

Local Authority Story featured in the Made in Countdown 2010 publication Action Natureparif was the first agency which exclusively dealt with biodiversity conservation at the regional level to join Countdown 2010. The agency is part of the Ecoregion project launched by the Regional Council of Ile-de-France. It gathers local governments, nature associations, enterprises, researchers, the State and the Regional Council, and fosters dialogue between them in order to integrate biodiversity into public and private sectors. The agency has established a regional biodiversity observatory, compiled ...

12 October 2010. Dutch Member of European Parliament Gerben Jan Gerbrandy launched a worldwide Facebook campaign on 1 October with an online petition: “Stop biodiversity loss at Nagoya summit!” In late October, an international conference will be held in Nagoya, Japan, on a new biodiversity strategy. In the lead-up to the summit, Mr. Gerbrandy intends to collect as many signatures as possible, which he will present to various negotiators in Nagoya. “If I can take thousands of endorsements with me to ...

Government Agencies Story featured in the Made in Countdown 2010 publication Action Natural England aims to safeguard biodiversity by protecting the best wildlife sites, promoting the recovery of declining species and habitats, embedding biodiversity into all policy and decision-making, enthusing people, developing the evidence base, and working with others to deliver the agency’s goals. To support this approach, and to help halt the loss of biodiversity in England, Natural England has launched the Countdown 2010 Biodiversity Action Fund in 2005. The scheme supports projects ...

Local Authority Story featured in the Made in Countdown 2010 publication Action Nagoya joined Countdown 2010 and engaged the city in initiatives to strengthen cooperation among departments and enhance public awareness of biodiversity. In March 2010, the city launched the “2050 Nagoya Strategy for Biodiversity”, an important document whose drafting started in 2008. This strategy will serve as a long-term policy for transforming Nagoya into a sustainable city which coexists in harmony with nature. It presents a vision for the year 2050 and ...