Join us in celebrating 2010 – the International Year of Biodiversity, declared by the United Nations. Throughout the year we will be celebrating biological diversity – the variety of life on Earth – and boosting awareness of how important it is for our lives.
International Year of Biodiversity
Towards a diverse and sustainable world
What's new?
Plenty more fish in the sea? Not for much longer
More than 40 species of marine fish currently found in the Mediterranean could disappear in the next few years. According to a study for the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ on the status of… | French | Spanish
19 Apr 2011 | International news release
Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing opened for signature
On 2 February 2011, the “Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity” was…
11 Feb 2011 | News story
The International Year of Biodiversity: Where does it leave us?
IUCN Director General Julia Marton-Lefèvre sums up what we have achieved during the International Year of Biodiversity.
04 Jan 2011 | Video
