Biodiversity: the rock on which you stand

2010, the Year of Biodiversity is our chance to get real about nature. We need real accounting to ensure that the value of biodiversity is recognised, real funding for nature conservation, and real protection for the most threatened and important places in Earth.

The 3 minute video to the left explains what is biodiversity, why it is important, and what 2010 as the Year of Biodiversity is trying to achieve...

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You are an integral part of nature; your fate is tightly linked with biodiversity, the huge variety of other animals and plants, the places they live and their surrounding environments, all over the world.

You rely on this diversity of life to provide you with the food, fuel, medicine and other essentials you simply cannot live without. Yet this rich diversity is being lost at a greatly accelerated rate because of human activities.

This impoverishes us all and weakens the ability of the living systems, on which we depend, to resist growing threats such as climate change.

International Year of Biodiversity

The United Nations proclaimed 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity, and people all over the world are working to safeguard this irreplaceable natural wealth and reduce biodiversity loss.

This is vital for current and future human wellbeing.

Yet we need to do more.

The International Year of Biodiversity is a unique opportunity to increase understanding of the vital role that biodiversity plays in sustaining life on Earth, and to stop the loss.

The question is will we?

2010 is our chance to prove we will.

What can you do?

Find out more about what WWF’s doing to protect our incredible natural wealth - a priceless treasure that forms the ultimate foundation of our human wellbeing - and what you can do to help.

Who We Are:
- Contact,
- Governance,
- History,
- Jobs,
- WWF Offices & Associates.
What We Do:
- Priority Species,
- Priority Places,
- Reducing Impacts,
- How We Do This,
- Why We Do This,
- Success Stories.
About Our Earth:
- Biodiversity,
- Species,
- Climate,
- Forests,
- Oceans, seas & coasts,
- Rivers, lakes & wetlands,
- Farming,
- Places,
- Problems,
- Teachers,
- News,
- Publications,
- FAQ.
How You Can Help:
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