Churches, schools and other faith groups are being asked to join in a mass ringing of bells on Wednesday 22 September to show their support for international biodiversity talks. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is calling for bells to ring out across the world to signal the urgent need for us to halt the loss of biodiversity.
Following international studies, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) expressed concern, at the Copenhagen Climate Summit last week, of the uncertain impacts climate change will have on biodiversity.
2010 has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity by the United Nations – the year that celebrates the diversity of life on Earth, including every plant, animal and micro-organism.
In the UK, IYB has over 200 partners ranging from universities, media organisations and museums to theatre companies and artists.
