International Year of Biodiversity

International Year of Biodiversity is an opportunity for all the world to recognise the importance of biodiversity for all life on Earth, to reflect on our a achievements to safeguard biodiversity and focus on the urgency of our challenge for the future.  Now is the time to act.

Take Action in 2010 and beyond, because

Biodiversity is life

Biodiversity is our life

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Key Dates for 2010

World Wetlands Day  2nd. February

Each year, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and groups of citizens at all levels of the community  take advantage of the opportunity to undertake actions aimed at raising public awareness of wetland values and benefits. The suggested World Wetlands Day theme for this year is, Wetlands, Biodiversity and Climate Change

International Day of Biodiversity  22nd. May

Ireland celebrates National Biodiversity Week around this date each year. National Biodiversity Week is organised in a partnership between National Parks and Wildlife Service, the local authorities and a wide range of environmental organisations. Further details of events will appear on this page shortly.

World Environment Day  5th. June

World Environment Day (WED) was established by the UN General Assembly in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment.

Commemorated yearly on 5 June, World Environment Day is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action. The day's agenda is to:

1. Give a human face to environmental issues;
2. Empower people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development;
3. Promote an understanding that communities are pivotal to changing attitudes towards environmental issues;
4. Advocate partnership which will ensure all nations and peoples enjoy a safer and more prosperous future.