The Countdown 2010 initiative was closed in 2010. This website and all information it contains may not be up to date.

Do you have a great idea for a project, event or initiative in 2010 which you want to share with other Countdown 2010 partners? What are the best ways of raising awareness of biodiversity? How can you push for biodiversity to become part of your city’s planning?

The list below is a mix of projects – some of which are in the development phase – and ideas still in their infancy. We hope that this list will inspire you to develop your own initiatives and build partnerships for the listed projects.

Do you already have a creative idea? Posting it here can help you find partners.

You can send your ideas at office@countdown2010.net. After review, they will be posted here.

A rating system allows you to vote for the best ideas for 2010. To vote, click on “Read more” or the title of the post. Then move your mouse on the stars and choose the rating. You can vote just once.

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Ongoing project

Biodiversity Carnival

During the International Year of Biodiversity a special Biodiversity Carnival dedicated to fauna and flora will be organized in South Africa following in the footsteps of the world renowned Rio de Janeiro Carnival. Read more…

(54 votes, average: 4.69 out of 5, rated)
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Ongoing project

A sheep marathon?

The loss of the old tradition of transhumance (seasonal movement of livestock from higher pastures to lower valleys) affects biodiversity status: when animals move to one place to the other, Read more…
(137 votes, average: 4.73 out of 5, rated)

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Project suggestion

Read about biodiversity while traveling to your destination

How great would be the impact on the public if every traveler flying in the world found an article on biodiversity in the airline’s magazine? Read more…

(67 votes, average: 4.73 out of 5, rated)

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Ongoing project

Competing to save endangered species

The Wild Equity Institute has designed a project to highlight the importance of the incredibly diverse area it covers while helping people to take action to save species during the International Year of Biodiversity.
The project is called the Golden Gate National Parks Endangered Species Big Year, Read more…

(122 votes, average: 29.39 out of 5, rated)

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Ongoing project

Exhibiting the “Wood of Life”

Raising awareness of the value of nature can be a challenge. To promote natures benefits Just Forests has created an exhibition on the state of the world’s forests. Knowing the state of forests helps us understand the links between development, declining wood species and resulting poverty. Read more…

(113 votes, average: 4.87 out of 5, rated)

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Ongoing project

Cinema to promote water and biodiversity

Cineparallax, a Countdown 2010 partner, has recently produced a documentary on the link between nature and people in the Amazon. The documentary investigates how nature mirrors the social and physiological condition of the Amazon people. Read more…

(29 votes, average: 4.55 out of 5, rated)