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Biodiversity is lifeBiodiversity is our life
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International Year of Biodiversity
Dec lared b y the UNGA (61/203),An opportunity for the b iodiversity
community to en
courage people to:
Discover the b iodiversity that surrounds us Realise its value, our c onne c tion to it and
the c onsequen c es of its loss Act to save it .
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2010 Biodiversity Target
To achieve, by 2010, a significant reductionof the current rate of biodiversity loss at theglobal, regional and national level, as acontribution to poverty alleviation and to the
benefit of all life on Earth
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Raise awareness of: How biodiversity is important for
our lives What people have already done to
save biodiversity
Promote new and novel ways tosafeguard biodiversity
Encourage people to take immediatesteps to reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity
Initiate dialogue on steps for the post-2010 period
International Year of Biodiversity
Goals
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C ommunications C ampaign
Create ex c itement around the dis c overy thatpeople are part of natureHighlight the huge opportunity w e are presented
w ith in the International Year of BiodiversityCreate a strong sense of optimism that it is nottoo late to a c t
Be honest a b out the urgen c y of the c hallenge . NOW is the time to a c t.
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M essages
Humans are part of naturesric h diversity and have the
pow
er to protec
t or destroy it.
Biodiversity, the variety of lifeon earth, is essential to
sustaining the living netw
orksand systems that provide usall w ith health, w ealth, food,fuel and the vital servi c es our lives depend on .
Human a c tivity is c ausing thediversity of life on earth to b elost at a greatly a cc eleratedrate . These losses impoverishus all and damage the lifesupport systems w e rely oneveryday . But w e c an preventthem .
2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity; Lets refle c t onour a c hievements tosafeguard b iodiversity andfoc us on the urgen c y of our c hallenge for the future . No w is the time to a c t.
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L ogo
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S uccess storiesProje c ts c arried out b y c ommunities, organizations and governmentsthat have a c hieved the 2010 Biodiversity Target:
Models for future b iodiversity targets and poli c ies
We b site w ill feature a 2010 Success Stories clearing-house
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K ey international events in 2010
J anB
erlin, Germany Opening of the International Year of BiodiversityP aris, France High-level event, s c ientific c onferen c e and laun c h of UNESCOs IYB exhi b ition
F eb Trondheim, Norway Trondheim Conferen c e on Biodiversity
B ali, Indonesia , Glo b al Ministerial Environmental Forum
M ar D oha, Qatar, CO P -15 of CITES
M ay New York, USA - CSD and the Permanent Forum for Indigenous Issues
Nairobi, Kenya - SBSTTA and WGRI, Laun c h of GBO-3
GLO B AL - International Day for Biologi c al Diversity
J un GLO B AL - World Environment Day
J uly New York, USA - High-level segment of ECOSOCMontreal, Canada - UNESCO Congress - Biodiversity and Cultural Diversity
S ept New York, USA - United Nations General Assem b ly
O ct Nagoya, Japan The Nagoya Biodiversity Summit inc ludes the 5 th Conferen c e of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Cartagena Proto c ol onBiosafety and the tenth Conferen c e of the Parties to the Convention on Biologi c al Diversity
Dec Kanazawa, Japan - Close IYB andc
ontrib
ution to the International Year of Forests
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The Green WaveOne s c hool, one tree, one gift to nature
green w ave .cb d . int
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C urrent Partners
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N ational C ommitteesNational Governments w ill b e primary organisers for the IYB .
National Committees w ill b e c onstituted of a variety of stakeholdersinc luding, b ut not limited to, representatives from:
MinistriesMunic ipalitiesBusiness & Key e c onomi c se c torsEduc atorsIndigenous and Lo c al CommunitiesNGOsSc ientifi c groupsNational Clearing-House Me c hanismsThe mediaYouth groups
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International Year of Biodiversity
Getting involved Adapt and adopt the messages, and transmit them among your net w orks Promote su cc ess stories
Provide support and resour c es to national events in c luding on:
- the International Day for Biodiversity 22 May- the World Environment Day and other events
Build links b et w een b iodiversity and other items on the environmental anddevelopment agendas
Organise and parti c ipate in events at key international meetings
Coordinate to b e c ome involved in the CBD pro c ess
Esta b lish and in c rease your c onta c t w ith media
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International Day for Biodiversityand other international days
22 May 2010 - Biodiversity for Development
International Women's Day - 8 Mar c hWorld Water Day - 22 Mar c hWorld Health Day - 23 Mar c hWorld Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development - 21 MayWorld Environment Day - 5 JuneWorld Day to Com b at Desertifi c ation and Drought - 17 JuneWorld Refugee Day - 20 JuneWorld Population Day - 11 JulyInternational Day of the World's Indigenous People - 9 August
International Youth Day - 12 AugustInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer - 16 Septem b er World Food Day - 16 O c tob er United Nations Day and World Development Information Day - 24 O c tob er
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S ecretariat of the C onvention on Biological DiversityWorld Trade Centre
413 St . Ja c ques street, Suite 800Montreal, Que b e c , Canada H2Y 1N9
Tel . 1 (514) 288 2220www.cb
d.int
For more information on theInternational Year of Biodiversity
c onta c t us at:
IYB2010@ cbd.int
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