International year of Biodiversity

What’s on during 2010 and how you can take part

2010 has been declared the International Year of Biodiversity (IYB) by the United Nations. What is biodiversity? It is the variety of life on Earth.

In the UK, IYB has over 200 partners ranging from universities, media organisations and museums to theatre companies and artists. They have come together to promote the understanding of biodiversity.

Everyone is encouraged to take part by pledging to ‘do one thing’ to help.