Biodiversity is life
Biodiversity is our life
2010 has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) by the United Nations. This is the website of IYB-UK, which is the UK partnership supporting IYB.
Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth. It is essential for sustaining the natural living systems or ecosystems that provide us with food, fuel, health, wealth, and other vital services.
Humans are part of this biodiversity too and have the power to protect or destroy it. Currently, our activities are destroying biodiversity at alarming rates. These losses are irreversible, impoverish us all and damage the life support systems we rely on. But we can prevent them.
We need to reflect on our achievements to safeguard biodiversity and focus on the urgent challenges ahead. Now is the time to act.
Latest news
| 13/08/2010 | Biodiversity at Edinburgh Festival |
| 13/08/2010 | Ring out for biodiversity |
| 26/07/2010 | Big Society for biodiversity |
Did you know...
Half of those questioned in a 2009 Defra survey said they knew nothing about biodiversity and had never heard of the word.
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IYB-UK tweets
- iybuk: Some good news RT @MarkAvery: Bitterns - another booming year http://nblo.gs/7qOta
- iybuk: If you missed the excellent BBC TV Panorama programme on #biodiversity and food supply it is on BBC iPlayer and repeated on 3 Sept. #iyb
- iybuk: RT @Lancswildlife: It's European Bat Weekend on Sat and Sun, a couple of events you could go to http://bit.ly/c00LMt http://bit.ly/ck8LKS
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